U-2503

Type

XXI

Ordered

6 Nov, 1943

Laid down

2 May, 1944

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2503)

Launched

29 Jun, 1944

Commissioned

1 Aug, 1944

Oblt. Raimund Tiesler

Commanders

1 Aug, 1944 - 25 Oct, 1944	Raimund Tiesler
26 Oct, 1944 - 11 Nov, 1944	Kptlt. Richard Becker
12 Nov, 1944 - 4 May, 1945	Kptlt. Karl-Jürg Wächter

Career

No patrols

1 Aug, 1944 - 1 Apr, 1945 31. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1945 - 4 May, 1945 11. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Scuttled on 4 May, 1945 in position 55.37N, 10.00E at 0512 hrs. 13 dead, unknown number of survivors.

Badly damaged on 3 May, 1945 at 1730 hrs in the Lille Baelt off the North coast of Fyn, by rockets from 2 British Beaufighter aircraft (Sqdn. 236 & 254).

Attacks on this boat

3 May, 1945
During an attack from a Beaufighter aircraft on 3 May a rocket penetrated into the control room killing the commander and 12 of his men. She was scuttled the next day.

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

3 May, 1945
During an attack from a Beaufighter aircraft on 3 May a rocket penetrated into the control room killing the commander and 12 of his men. She was scuttled the next day.

Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -