German submarine U-2511

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German submarine U-2511 was a Type XXI submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Elektroboot submarine was laid down on 7 July 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 2 September 1944, and commissioned on 29 September 1944 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Adalbert Schnee.<ref name="uboatnet"/>

Design

Like all Type XXI submarines, U-2511 had a displacement of Template:Convert when at the surface and Template:Convert while submerged. She had a total length of Template:Convert (o/a), a beam of Template:Convert, and a draught of Template:Convert.Template:Sfn The submarine was powered by two MAN SE supercharged six-cylinder M6V40/46KBB diesel engines each providing Template:Convert, two Siemens-Schuckert GU365/30 double-acting electric motors each providing Template:Convert, and two Siemens-Schuckert silent running GV232/28 electric motors each providing Template:Convert.Template:Sfn

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Template:Convert and a submerged speed of Template:Convert. When running on silent motors the boat could operate at a speed of Template:Convert. When submerged, the boat could operate at Template:Convert for Template:Convert; when surfaced, she could travel Template:Convert at Template:Convert.Template:Sfn U-2511 was fitted with six Template:Convert torpedo tubes in the bow and four [[2 cm FlaK 30|Template:Convert C/30]] anti-aircraft guns. She could carry 23 torpedoes or 17 torpedoes and 12 naval mine. The complement was five officers and 52 men.Template:Sfn

Service history

After training with 31st U-boat Flotilla, U-2511 was transferred to 11th U-boat Flotilla at Bergen, Norway, for front-line service on 15 March 1945.<ref name="uboatnet"/>

U-2511 conducted one patrol. On the evening of 30 April 1945 (coincidentally the date of Hitler's death), U-2511 set out from Bergen, Norway for the Caribbean, but on 4 May Schnee received the end-of-the-war cease-fire order.<ref name="uboatnet"/> The commander of U-2511 claimed the U-boat had a British cruiser in her sights on 4 May when news of the German cease-fire was received. He further claimed she made a practice attack before leaving the scene undetected.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Fate

On 17 June 1945, U-2511 was transferred from Bergen, and arrived at Londonderry Port on 21 June for Operation Deadlight. The U-boat was sunk on 7 January 1946 at 7:40 pm in position Template:Coord.<ref name="uboatnet"/> She was sunk by gunfire after her towing cable parted.

The wreck lies at a depth Template:Convert. She had been visited by divers at least three times, in 1999 and 2001, and circa 2012 for 'Dig WW2 with Dan Snow',<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref> revealing she is largely intact except for a large blast hole caused by the shellfire that sank her.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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• Researched scale model representation of U-2511