U-2340

Type

XXIII

 
Ordered20 Sep 1943
Laid down18 Aug 1944 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 494)
Launched28 Sep 1944
Commissioned16 Oct 1944Oblt. Emil Klusmeier
Commanders
16 Oct 1944 - 30 Mar 1945   Emil Klusmeier
Career
No patrols
16 Oct 1944-30 Mar 1945  32. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 30 March, 1945 at Hamburg by British bombs. Wreck broken up.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2340 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.