U-2540

Type

XXI

Ordered

6 Nov 1943

Laid down

28 Oct 1944

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2540)

Launched

13 Jan 1945

Commissioned

24 Feb 1945

Oblt. Rudolf Schultze

Commanders

24 Feb 1945

4 May 1945

Oblt. Rudolf Schultze

Career
No patrols

24 Feb 1945

4 May 1945

31. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Scuttled on 4 May 1945 near the Flensburg lightship.

Post war information (see more post-war boats):
Raised in 1957. Became the research vessel Wilhelm Bauer in the Bundesmarine, 1 Sept 1960. Transferred to the Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum) at Bremerhaven in 1984.

Final location

General notes on this boat

Check out the U-2540 Gallery page

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2540 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.