List of all U-boats

U-2341

Type

XXIII

Ordered

20 Sep 1943

Laid down

23 Aug 1944

Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 495)

Launched

3 Oct 1944

Commissioned

21 Oct 1944

Oblt. Hermann Böhm

Commanders

21 Oct 1944

5 May 1945

Oblt. Hermann Böhm

Career
No patrols

21 Oct 1944

5 May 1945

32. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Cuxhaven, Germany (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Taken to Lisahally 21 June 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 31 December, 1945 in position 55.44N, 08.19W by gunfire from the destroyers HMS Onslaught and ORP Blyskawica (Polish).

Final location

Blue marker shows final fate during Operation Deadlight. Orange marker shows German surrender.

Previously recorded fate

Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2341 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.