U-2539

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down 27 Oct 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2539)
Launched6 Jan 1945
Commissioned21 Feb 1945Oblt. Erich Jewinski
Commanders
21 Feb 1945 - 21 Apr 1945  Oblt. Erich Jewinski
22 Apr 1945 - 3 May 1945  Oblt. Johann Johann
CareerNo patrols21 Feb 1945 - 3 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Kiel. Wreck broken up.

Attacks on this boat

21 Apr 1945
During an air raid on Kiel the commander, Oblt. Erich Jewinski, was killed.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

21 Apr 1945
During an air raid on Kiel the commander, Oblt. Erich Jewinski, was killed.

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



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.