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U-3537

This boat was not commissioned into the Kriegsmarine

However she had been ordered and was, at least at one time, planned for commission.

U-boat

U-3537

TypeXXI
Cancelled
Suspended
Launched
Laid down20 Dec 1944
Ordered6 Nov 1943
ShipyardF. Schichau, Danzig
Werk1682
 

Captured incomplete on Slip No 3 in Danzig on 30 Mar 45
Schichau Shipyard Hull No: G-1682
Designated TS-7 on 12 Apr 45
Launched at Danzig in mid-1945
Provisionally allocated to the Soviet Baltic Fleet
Moved to Libau (Latvia)
Inspected by TNC in Libau on 8 Oct 45 - still incomplete
Defined in TNC Report on 6 Dec 45 as an “unallocated submarine afloat”
Moved to Kronstadt in late 1945/early 1946
Probably commissioned into the Soviet Navy and used for sea trials/training
Renamed R-3 on 8 Mar 47

Sunk in the Baltic NW of the Cape Ristna Lighthouse in Estonia on 7/8 Aug 47. Struck from Soviet Navy list on 20 Sep 47


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