U-2513

Type

XXI

Ordered

6 Nov 1943

Laid down

19 Jul 1944

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2513)

Launched

14 Sep 1944

Commissioned

12 Oct 1944

Kptlt. Hans Bungards

Commanders

12 Oct 1944	-	26 Apr 1945		Kptlt. Hans Bungards
27 Apr 1945	-	9 May 1945		FrgKpt. Erich Topp (Knights Cross)

Career
No patrols

12 Oct 1944	-	1 Apr 1945	31. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1945	-	8 May 1945	11. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Horten, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred to Oslo 18 May
Departed Oslo 3 June
Arrived Lisahally, Northern Ireland 9 June.

Post war information (see more post-war boats):
Secretly transferred to US Navy in Aug 1945 escorted by USS Brant, arriving at New London, CT on 25 Aug 1945. Refitted at Portsmouth Navy Yard, NH and used for trials and training. Sunk at 24.53N, 83.15W west of Key West, Florida during rocket tests by the destroyer USS Robert A. Owens on 7 Oct, 1951.

Final location

This boat is a dive site

This XXI boats lies at 228 feet depth (ca. 75m) at 24.53N, 85.15W near Dry Tortugas, west of the Key West, USA.

This boat has been dived to by US Navy divers, the first dive was probably made in 1952 by 12 divers.

Depth: 228 feet (69 meters)
Position (lat, long): 24.53, -85.15

See more U-boat dive sites.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2513 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.