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Non-Commissioned U-boats

U-491

This boat was not commissioned into the Kriegsmarine

However she had been ordered and was, at least at one time, planned for commission.

U-boat

U-491

TypeXIV
Cancelled
Suspended
Launched
Laid down31 Jul 1943
Ordered22 Sep 1942
ShipyardDeutsche Werke, Kiel
Werk322
 Work halted in 1944. Boat about 75% completed. Further work cancelled on 23 Sept, 1944. Broken up.

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