U-2351

Type

XXIII

 
Ordered20 Sep 1944
Laid down 3 Oct 1944 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 505)
Launched25 Nov 1944
Commissioned30 Dec 1944Ltnt. Werner Brückner
Commanders
30 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Werner Brückner
CareerNo patrols30 Dec 1944 - 15 Feb 1945  32. Flottille (training)
16 Feb 1945 - 1 Apr 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Taken out of service at Kiel in April 1945, after being bombed, surrendered there in May 1945. Transferred to Lisahally for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 3 January, 1946 in position 55.50N, 08.20W by gunfire from the destroyer HMS Offa.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2351 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.