List of all U-boats
U-2542
Type | XXI | ||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 | ||||||
| Laid down | 10 Nov 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2542) | |||||
| Launched | 22 Jan 1945 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 5 Mar 1945 | Oblt. Otto Hübschen | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate |
Sunk 3 April 1945 at the Hindenburg bank at Kiel, by bombs. Wreck broken up. | ||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2542 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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