List of all U-boats
U-2521
Type | XXI | ||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 | ||||||
| Laid down | 31 Aug 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2521) | |||||
| Launched | 18 Oct 1944 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 21 Nov 1944 | Oblt. Joachim Methner | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate |
Sunk 3 May 1945 in the Flensburg fjord, in position 54.49N, 09.50E (?), by rockets from British Typhoon aircraft (Sqdn. 184). 44 dead, unknown number of survivors. (Axel Niestlé, November 1991). | ||||||
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Previously recorded fate
- Sunk by a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 547/K), in position 56.11N, 11.08E. (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack actually sank the U-579.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2521 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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