Editing German submarine U-2511 (section)

==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>{{cite book | last=Van der Vat| first=Dan|author-link=Dan van der Vat| title=Stealth at Sea| publisher= Orion| location=London| year = 1994|isbn=1-85797-864-1 | page=353}}</ref>