List of German submarines (1935–1945) / U 1501 – U 4870

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German submarines (1935–1945): U 1 – U 250 | U 251 – U 500 | U 501 – U 750 | U 751 - U 1000 | U 1001-U 1250 | U 1251-U 1500 | U 1501-U 4870

Möltenort submarine memorial on the Kiel Fjord near Heikendorf

This list deals exclusively with the German submarines U 1501 to U 4870 of the Second World War of the years 1935 to 1945. See therefore also: List of U-Boot Classes , List of German U-Boat Classes , List of German U-Boats (1906 –1919) , List of German U-Boats (after 1945) , List of the U-Boats seized or captured by Germany .

Legend

on the fate of the submarines (reference date May 8, 1945).

  • † = destroyed by enemy action
  • ? = missing in action
  • § = raised, captured or captured by the enemy
  • × = accident or sunk by the team
  • A = Decommissioned (scrapped, scrapped or put to another use)

U 1500 - U 2000

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 1501 - U 1542 IX C40 Construction canceled on May 27, 1944
U 1543 - U 1600 Construction contract not awarded
U 1601 - U 1615 XX Construction canceled on May 27, 1944
U 1616 - U 1700 XX Construction contract not awarded
U 1701 - U 1715 XX Construction canceled on May 27, 1944
U 1716 - U 1800 XX Construction contract not awarded
U 1801 - U 1804 VII C41 Commissioned on March 22, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 1805 - U 1822 VII C42 Construction canceled on September 30, 1943
U 1823 - U 1828 VII C41 Commissioned on July 3, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on November 6, 1943
U 1829 - U 1900 Construction contract not awarded
U 1901 - U 1904 VII C42 Construction canceled on September 30, 1943
U 1905 - U 2000 Construction contract not awarded

U 2001 – U 2500

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 2001 - U 2004 VII C / 42 Construction canceled on September 30, 1943
U 2005 - U 2100 Construction contract not awarded
U 2101 - U 2104 VII C / 42 Construction canceled on September 30, 1943
U 2105 - U 2110 Construction contract not awarded
U 2111 - U 2200 XXVII A Small submarines
U 2201 - U 2204 XIV Construction canceled
U 2205 - U 2300 XXVII A Small submarines
U 2301 - U 2318 VII C / 42 Construction canceled on September 30, 1943
U 2319 - U 2320 Construction contract not awarded
U 2321 XXIII June 12, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § First class XXIII boat. In Kristiansand to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2322 XXIII 0July 1, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Stavanger to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2323 XXIII July 18, 1944 July 26, 1944 † No patrols. Run into a mine west of Möltenort at 54 ° 23 ′ N, 10 ° 11 ′ E and sunk (two dead and twelve survivors)
U 2324 XXIII July 25, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Stavanger to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2325 XXIII 0Aug 3, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Stavanger to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2326 XXIII Aug 10, 1944 0Dec 6, 1946 × Handed over to the Royal Navy on May 14, 1945 in Dundee , Scotland and commissioned as the N 35 . Handed over to France in 1946 and sunk in an accident off Toulon on December 6, 1946, it was lifted and broken off
U 2327 XXIII Aug 19, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk by the crew in Hamburg , wreck broken off
U 2328 XXIII Aug 25, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 12 ′ N, 9 ° 48 ′ W.
U 2329 XXIII 0Sep 1 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Stavanger to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2330 XXIII 0Sep 7 1944 0May 3, 1945 × Sunk by the crew in Kiel, wreck broken off
U 2331 XXIII Sep 12 1944 Oct 10, 1944 × No patrols. Sunk in an accident near Hela (15 dead and four survivors). Later lifted and towed to Gotenhafen . Further fate unknown
U 2332 XXIII Nov 13, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk by the crew in Hamburg , wreck broken off
U 2333 XXIII Dec 18, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk by the crew in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2334 XXIII 21 Sep 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Kristiansand to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2335 XXIII 27 Sep 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Kristiansand to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2336 XXIII Sep 30 1944 May 15, 1945 A. In Kiel to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 6 ′ N, 9 ° 0 ′ W.
U 2337 XXIII 0Oct. 4, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Kristiansand to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2338 XXIII 0Oct 9, 1944 0May 4, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk east-northeast of Fredericia by a British Bristol Beaufighter aircraft (twelve dead and one survivor). Raised and canceled in 1952
U 2339 XXIII Nov 16, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk by the crew in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2340 XXIII Oct 16, 1944 30th Mar 1945 † No patrols. Sunk by bombs in Hamburg , wreck broken off
U 2341 XXIII Oct 21, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Wilhelmshaven to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 44 'N, 8 ° 19' W
U 2342 XXIII 0Nov 1, 1944 Dec 26, 1944 † No patrols. Run into a mine north of Swinoujscie at 54 ° 1 ′ 8 ″ N, 14 ° 15 ′ 20 ″ E and sank (7 dead). Probably blown up in 1954 and further demolished
U 2343 XXIII 0Nov 6, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk by the crew in or near the Geltinger Bay near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2344 XXIII Nov 10, 1944 Feb. 18, 1945 × No patrols. Sank north of Heiligendamm after colliding with U 2336 (eleven dead and three survivors). Lifted in 1956 and later demolished in Rostock at the Neptun shipyard
U 2345 XXIII Nov 15, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Stavanger to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2346 XXIII Nov 20, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk by the crew in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2347 XXIII 0Dec. 2, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk by the crew in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg, wreck broken off
U 2348 XXIII 0Dec. 4, 1944 0May 8, 1945 × No patrols. In Stavanger to the Royal Navy passed. Canceled in Belfast in 1949
U 2349 XXIII Dec 11, 1944 0May 8, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg, wreck broken off
U 2350 XXIII Dec 23, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Kristiansund to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2351 XXIII Dec 30, 1944 0April 1, 1945 A. Decommissioned after being damaged by bombs. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 50 ′ N, 8 ° 20 ′ W
U 2352 XXIII Jan. 11, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. In Höruper scuttled Haff, Wreck canceled
U 2353 XXIII 0Jan. 9, 1945 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Kristiansand to the Royal Navy passed. Transferred to the Soviet Union in 1947. Canceled in 1963
U 2354 XXIII Jan. 11, 1945 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Kristiansund to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 0 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2355 XXIII Jan. 12, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk northwest of Laboe at 54 ° 24 ′ 24 ″ N, 10 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E
U 2356 XXIII Jan. 12, 1945 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. Handed over to the Royal Navy in Kristiansund . Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 50 ′ N, 8 ° 20 ′ W
U 2357 XXIII Jan. 13, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2358 XXIII Jan 16, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg, wreck broken off
U 2359 XXIII Jan 16, 1945 0May 2, 1945 † No patrols. In the Kattegat at 57 ° 29 ′ N, 11 ° 24 ′ E several De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito aircraft sunk with rockets (all 12 men dead)
U 2360 XXIII Jan. 23, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2361 XXIII 0Feb 3, 1945 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Kristiansund to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2362 XXIII 0Feb 5, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2363 XXIII 0Feb 5, 1945 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Kristiansund -South the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′ N, 10 ° 5 ′ W.
U 2364 XXIII Feb 14, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2365 XXIII 02nd Mar 1945 Sep 14 1966 × No patrols. Sunk on May 8, 1945 northwest of the island of Anholt itself. Lifted in 1956 and served in the German Navy from August 15, 1957 as a submarine . Sank in the North Sea in 1966. Later lifted and canceled
U 2366 XXIII 10 Mar 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2367 XXIII 17th Mar 1945 Sep 30 1968 A. No patrols. Sunk on May 5, 1945 after a collision in the Great Belt . Lifted in 1956 and served in the German Navy from October 1, 1957 as U Hecht . Canceled in Kiel in 1969
U 2368 XXIII Apr 11, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2369 XXIII Apr 18, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2370 XXIII Sunk in Hamburg on May 3, 1945 before completion
U 2371 XXIII Apr. 24, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Hamburg itself, wreck broken off
U 2372 - U 2389 XXIII Commissioned on July 7, 1944. Construction canceled before the start on December 1, 1944. The already completed parts of these submarines were transported to the Germania shipyard in Kiel in February 1945 and used to build the U 4713 - U 4718 submarines .
U 2390 - U 2400 XXIII Commissioned on July 7, 1944. Construction canceled before the start on December 1, 1944.
U 2401 - U 2404 XXIII Not completed
U 2405 - U 2430 XXIII Commissioned on September 20, 1943. The keel was never laid
U 2431 - U 2432 XXIII Not completed
U 2433 - U 2445 XXIII Commissioned on September 20, 1943. The keel was never laid
U 2446 - U 2460 XXIII Commissioned on September 20, 1943. Construction has not started
U 2461 - U 2500 XXIII Construction contract not awarded

U 2501-U 3000

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 2501 XXI June 27, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × First class XXI boat. No patrols. Sunk shortly before the end of the war in front of the Elbe II bunker of the Vulkanwerft itself. Demolished wreck
U 2502 XXI July 19, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § In Horten (Norway) to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 6 ′ N, 9 ° 0 ′ W
U 2503 XXI 0Aug 1, 1944 0May 4, 1945 × In the Little Belt on May 3, 1945 by two British aircraft of the type Bristol Beaufighter heavily damaged (13 dead). Sunk the next day at 55 ° 37 'N, 10 ° 0' E
U 2504 XXI Aug 12, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk near Hamburg itself, wreck broken off
U 2505 XXI 0Nov 7, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Vulkanwerft's Elbe II bunker shortly before the end of the war . The wreck was partially demolished later and filled in in 2003 when a container terminal was being built along with the remains of Elbe II .
U 2506 XXI Aug 31, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 37 'N, 7 ° 30' W.
U 2507 XXI 08 Sep 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2508 XXI 26 Sep 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 2509 XXI 21 Sep 1944 0Apr 8, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk by bombs in Hamburg
U 2510 XXI 27 Sep 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 2511 XXI 29 Sep 1944 0May 8, 1945 § Handed over to the Royal Navy in Bergen . Sunk himself as part of Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 33 ′ 8 ″ N, 7 ° 38 ′ 7 ″ W.
U 2512 XXI Oct 10, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Eckernförde itself, wreck broken off
U 2513 XXI Oct 12, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § No patrols. Handed over to the Royal Navy in Horten . Converted for experimental purposes in the US and on October 7, 1951 in front of Key West , Florida at 24 ° 52 'N, 83 ° 19' W sunk. Lies at a depth of 75 meters
U 2514 XXI Oct 17, 1944 0Apr 8, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk by bombs in Hamburg , wreck broken off
U 2515 XXI Oct. 19, 1944 11th Mar 1945 † No patrols. In December 1944 ran into a mine in the Baltic Sea. Sunk by bombs during repairs in Hamburg , wreck broken off
U 2516 XXI Oct. 24, 1944 0Apr 9, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk by bombs in Kiel , wreck broken off
U 2517 XXI Oct. 31, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2518 XXI 0Nov 4, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § No patrols. Handed over to the Royal Navy in Horten on May 8, 1945 . Served in the French Navy from 1946 to 1967 as Q 426 or Roland Morillot , canceled in 1969
U 2519 XXI Nov 15, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 2520 XXI Dec 25, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 2521 XXI Nov 21, 1944 0May 3, 1945 † No patrols. British Hawker Typhoon aircraft sunk with rockets near Flensburg at 54 ° 49 ′ N, 9 ° 50 ′ E (44 dead)
U 2522 XXI Nov 22, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2523 XXI Dec 26, 1944 Jan. 17, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk by bombs in Hamburg , wreck broken off
U 2524 XXI Jan 16, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Southeast of Fehmarn at 55 ° 55 ′ N, 10 ° 45 ′ E after severe damage by British Beaufighter aircraft, sunk by himself (1 dead)
U 2525 XXI Dec 12, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2526 XXI Dec 15, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 2527 XXI Dec 23, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 2528 XXI 0Dec 9, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 2529 XXI Feb. 22, 1945 0May 8, 1945 § No patrols. Handed over to the Royal Navy on May 8, 1945 in Kristiansund . Served as a B-28 in the Soviet Navy from 1946 to 1955 . Then used for two years to generate electricity. Canceled in 1958
U 2530 XXI Dec 30, 1944 Feb. 20, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk in a bombing raid on December 31, 1944 and lifted in January. Finally sunk by bombs on February 20, 1945, wreck demolished
U 2531 XXI Jan. 10, 1945 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 2532 XXI December 31, 1944 † Sunk in a bombing raid on December 31, 1944 and abandoned on January 17, 1945
U 2533 XXI Jan. 18, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 2534 XXI Jan. 17, 1945 0May 6, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Kattegat itself.
U 2535 XXI Jan. 28, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 2536 XXI 0Feb 6, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 2537 XXI Sunk in a bombing raid on December 31, 1944
U 2538 XXI Feb 16, 1945 0May 8, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk southeast of the island of Ærø itself. Wreck abandoned in 1950
U 2539 XXI Feb 21, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 2540 XXI Feb. 24, 1945 0May 4, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk on May 4, 1945 near Flensburg itself. Lifted in 1957 and put into service with the German Navy as the research ship Wilhelm Bauer on September 1, 1960 . Since 1984 museum boat in the German Maritime Museum , Bremerhaven .
U 2541 XXI 01st Mar 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 2542 XXI 05th Mar 1945 0Apr 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk by bombs in Kiel , wreck broken off
U 2543 XXI 07th Mar 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 2544 XXI 10 Mar 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk east-southeast of Aarhus itself. Raised and canceled in 1952.
U 2545 XXI 0Apr 8, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 2546 XXI 21 Mar 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 2547 XXI Sunk after bomb damage on March 11, 1945
U 2548 XXI 0Apr 9, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 2549 XXI Sunk after bomb damage on March 11, 1945
U 2550 XXI Sunk after bomb damage on March 11, 1945
U 2551 XXI Apr. 24, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk near Flensburg itself, wreck broken off
U 2552 XXI Apr 21, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. In Kiel scuttled harbor wreck canceled
U 2553 - U 2564 XXI Not completed
U 2565 - U 2762 XXI Construction not started
U 2763 - U 3000 XXI Construction contract not awarded

U 3001-U 3500

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 3001 XXI July 20, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk northwest of Wesermünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3002 XXI 0Aug 6, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3003 XXI 22 Aug 1944 0Apr 4, 1945 † Test boat. Sunk by bombs in Kiel , wreck broken off
U 3004 XXI Aug 30, 1944 0May 2, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk in the Vulkanwerft's Elbe II bunker shortly before the end of the war . The wreck was partially demolished later and filled in in 2003 when a container terminal was being built along with the remains of Elbe II .
U 3005 XXI Sep 20 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3006 XXI 0Oct 5, 1944 0May 1, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Wilhelmshaven itself, wreck broken off
U 3007 XXI Oct 22, 1944 Feb. 24, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk by bombs near Bremen (1 dead), wreck broken off
U 3008 XXI Oct. 19, 1944   1948 A. Left Wilhelmshaven on patrol five days before the end of the war . Was put into service with the US Navy as USS U-3008 for experimental purposes from August 1945 . Sunk after explosion tests in May 1954, wreck abandoned
U 3009 XXI Nov 10, 1944 0May 1, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk near Wesermünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3010 XXI Nov 11, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3011 XXI Dec 21, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3012 XXI 0Dec. 4, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3013 XXI Nov 22, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3014 XXI December 17, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk near Neustadt in Holstein , wreck broken off
U 3015 XXI December 17, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 3016 XXI 0Jan. 5, 1945 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3017 XXI 0Jan. 5, 1945   1949 A. No patrols. In Horten (Norway) of the Royal Navy passed. Commissioned as the N 41 for test purposes. Canceled November 1949
U 3018 XXI 0Jan. 7, 1945 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3019 XXI Dec 23, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3020 XXI Dec 23, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3021 XXI Jan. 12, 1945 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3022 XXI Jan 25, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 3023 XXI Jan. 22, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3024 XXI Jan. 13, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk near Neustadt in Holstein , wreck broken off
U 3025 XXI Jan. 20, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3026 XXI Jan. 22, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3027 XXI Jan 25, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3028 XXI Jan. 27, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself
U 3029 XXI 0Feb 5, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the outer fjord near Kiel itself
U 3030 XXI Feb 14, 1945 0May 8, 1945 × No patrols. In the Eckernförder bay at 54 ° 30 '8 "N, 10 ° 6' 2" O sunk itself
U 3031 XXI Feb. 28, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3032 XXI Feb 12, 1945 0May 3, 1945 † No patrols. East of Fehmarn at 54 ° 26 ′ 5 ″ N, 11 ° 32 ′ 2 ″ E sunk by British Hawker Typhoon with rockets (36 dead and 24 survivors)
U 3033 XXI Feb. 27, 1945 0May 4, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the copper mill bay itself, wreck broken off
U 3034 XXI 31 Mar 1945 0May 4, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the copper mill bay itself, wreck broken off
U 3035 XXI 01st Mar 1945   1955 A. No patrols. Surrendered to the Royal Navy on May 8, 1945 in Stavanger . In service with the Soviet Navy as B 29 from 1946 , canceled in 1958
U 3036 XXI Sunk before completion by a bombing raid on March 30, 1945
U 3037 XXI 03rd Mar 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3038 XXI 04th Mar 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3039 XXI 0March 8 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3040 XXI 0March 8 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3041 XXI 10 Mar 1945   1955 A. No patrols. In Horten the Royal Navy passed. In service with the Soviet Navy from 1946 as B 30 or PZS 35 . Canceled in 1959
U 3042 XXI Badly damaged by a bombing raid on February 22, 1945 and not completed
U 3043 XXI Badly damaged by a bombing raid on February 22, 1945 and not completed
U 3044 XXI 27 Mar 1945 May 25, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 3045 XXI Sunk in a bombing raid on March 30, 1945
U 3046 XXI Sunk in a bombing raid on March 30, 1945
U 3047 - U 3063 XXI Not completed. U 3054 and U 3061 were damaged by bombs on March 11, 1945 and scrapped
U 3064 - U 3100 XXI Construction not started
U 3101 - U 3176 XXI Commissioned on May 6, 1944. Construction suspended on January 29, 1945. Should be built in the "Valentin" submarine bunker near Bremen
U 3177 - U 3295 XXI Commissioned on September 27, 1944. Construction suspended on January 29, 1945. Should be built in the "Valentin" submarine bunker near Bremen
U 3296 - U 3500 XXI Construction contract not awarded

U 3501-U 4000

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 3501 XXI July 29, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the western mouth of the Weser , wreck broken off
U 3502 XXI Aug 19, 1944 0May 3, 1945 A. Test boat. Decommissioned after bomb damage and canceled
U 3503 XXI 0Sep 9 1944 0May 8, 1945 × Training boat. Sunk west of Gothenburg itself. Raised and demolished in 1946
U 3504 XXI 23 Sep 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Wilhelmshaven itself, wreck broken off
U 3505 XXI 0Oct 7, 1944 0May 3, 1945 † No patrols. Saved 110 refugee children from enclosed Gdansk. Sunk by bombs in Kiel (1 dead), wreck broken off
U 3506 XXI Oct 16, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Vulkanwerft's Elbe II bunker shortly before the end of the war . The wreck was partially demolished later and filled in in 2003 when a container terminal was being built along with the remains of Elbe II .
U 3507 XXI Oct. 19, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3508 XXI 0Nov 2, 1944 04th Mar 1945 † No patrols. Sunk by bombs in Wilhelmshaven , wreck broken off
U 3509 XXI Jan. 29, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the western mouth of the Weser itself
U 3510 XXI Nov 11, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 3511 XXI Nov 18, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3512 XXI Nov 27, 1944 0Apr 8, 1945 † No patrols. Sunk by bombs in Kiel , wreck broken off
U 3513 XXI 0Dec. 2, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3514 XXI 0Dec 9, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. Handed over to the Royal Navy in Bergen on May 8, 1945 . The last boat sunk at 56 ° 0 'N, 10 ° 5' E during Operation Deadlight
U 3515 XXI Dec 14, 1944   1972 A. No patrols. Handed over to the Royal Navy in Horten on May 8, 1945 . In service with the Soviet Navy from 1946 as B-27 , BS-28 or UTS-3 , canceled in 1973
U 3516 XXI Dec 18, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3517 XXI Dec 22, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3518 XXI December 29, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3519 XXI 0Jan. 6, 1945 02nd Mar 1945 † No patrols. Run into a mine north of Warnemünde at 54 ° 11 ′ N, 12 ° 5 ′ E and sank (75 dead and three survivors)
U 3520 XXI Jan. 12, 1945 Jan. 31, 1945 † No patrols. After only 19 days north-east of Bülk at 54 ° 28 'N, 10 ° 12' E ran into a mine and sank (all 85 men dead)
U 3521 XXI Jan. 14, 1945 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3522 XXI Jan. 21, 1945 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 3523 XXI Jan. 23, 1945 0May 6, 1945 † No patrols. East of Aarhus at 57 ° 52 ′ N, 10 ° 49 ′ E by a British B-24 Liberator sunk with depth charges (all 58 men dead)
U 3524 XXI Jan. 26, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 3525 XXI Jan. 31, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Damaged by bombs in the Baltic Sea on April 30th. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3526 XXI 22 Mar 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 3527 XXI 10 Mar 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the western mouth of the Weser , wreck broken off
U 3528 XXI 18 Mar 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the western mouth of the Weser, wreck broken off
U 3529 XXI 22 Mar 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 3530 XXI 22 Mar 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 3531 - U 3537 XXI Almost finished. Towed to Wesermünde and broken off
U 3538 - U 3542 XXI Commissioned on May 6, 1944, construction suspended on January 29, 1945. When Danzig was captured by the Red Army on March 30, 1945, it was still unfinished at the Schichau shipyard . From April 12, 1945 designated as Russian submarines TS-7 , TS-8 , TS-9 , TS-10 , TS-11 and TS-12 , on March 8, 1947 in R-1 , R-2 , R -3 , R-4 and R-5 renamed and scrapped on February 20, 1948
U 3543 - U 3553 XXI Commissioned on May 6, 1944, construction suspended on January 29, 1945. When Danzig was captured by the Red Army on March 30, 1945, the keel had not yet been laid, only the prefabricated sections were available. From April 12, 1945 as Russian submarines TS-13 , TS-15 , TS-17 , TS-18 , TS-19 , TS-32 , TS-33 , TS-34 , TS-35 , TS-36 and TS-37 and scrapped on April 9, 1947
U 3554 - U 3557 XXI Construction contract not awarded
U 3558 - U 3571 XXI Commissioned on November 6, 1943, construction suspended on January 29, 1945. Some of the sections were there
U 3572 - U 3642 XXI Commissioned on May 6, 1944. Construction suspended on January 29, 1945
U 3643 - U 3695 XXI Commissioned on September 27, 1944. Construction suspended before it began on December 1, 1944
U 3696 - U 4000 XXI Construction contract not awarded

U 4001-U 4500

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 4001 - U 4120 XXIII Commissioned on November 23, 1944. As early as October 12, 1944, the construction of further Type XXIII submarines after completion of the 67th submarine was rejected. The meaning of this order is therefore unclear
U 4121 - U 4500 XXIII Construction contract not awarded

U 4501-U 4870

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 4501 - U 4600 XXVI W Demolished unfinished or never built
U 4601 - U 4700 XXVI W Construction contract not awarded
U 4701 XXIII Jan. 10, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. In Höruper Haff scuttled wreck canceled
U 4702 XXIII Jan. 12, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 4703 XXIII Jan. 21, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 4704 XXIII 14 Mar 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. In Höruper Haff scuttled wreck canceled
U 4705 XXIII 0Feb. 2, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 4706 XXIII 0Feb. 4, 1945   1954 A. No patrols. In Kristiansund to the Royal Navy passed. From 1948 in service in the Norwegian Navy as KNM Knerter , canceled in 1954
U 4707 XXIII Feb. 20, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 4708 XXIII Was badly damaged in an Allied air raid on April 9, 1945 and sank in the Kilian bunker, Kiel . 6 people died.
U 4709 XXIII 03rd Mar 1945 0May 4, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 4710 XXIII 0May 1, 1945 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bucht near Flensburg , wreck broken off
U 4711 XXIII 21 Mar 1945 0May 4, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 4712 XXIII 0Apr 3, 1945 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 4713 XXIII Commissioned on July 7, 1944, launched on April 19, 1945. Not operational by the end of the war, sunk in Kiel itself on May 3, 1945 .
U 4714 XXIII Commissioned on July 7, 1944, launched on April 26, 1945. Not operational by the end of the war, sunk in Kiel itself on May 3, 1945 .
U 4715 - U 4718 XXIII Not completed
U 4719 - U 4748 XXIII Construction not started. Individual parts were in work at the Deutsche Werft, but were no longer delivered
U 4749 - U 4750 Construction contract not awarded
U 4751 - U 4870 XXIII Construction not started. Individual parts were in work at the Deutsche Werft, but were no longer delivered

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eyewitness report about the sinking of the U 3506