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 | ||||||
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| 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 attack 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 -
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