List of all U-boats
U-2534
Type | XXI | ||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 | ||||||
| Laid down | 23 Oct 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2534) | |||||
| Launched | 11 Dec 1944 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 17 Jan 1945 | Kptlt. Ulrich Drews | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate | Scuttled 3 May, 1945 at east of island Fehmarn in position 54.26,8N, 11.34E (?) (Axel Niestlé, October 1991). | ||||||
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The boat was later raised and broken up.
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk by a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 86/K) on 6 May 1945. (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was actually against U-3503 causing minor damages.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2534 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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