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List of German Type XXIII submarines

Type XXIII submarines were small, fast coastal craft, capable of remaining underwater indefinitely, fuel permitting, while at sea. This made them extremely dangerous to allied shipping and much better protected against allied counter-measures. Their main drawback was that they carried only two torpedoes, which severely limited their combat effectiveness. These boats appeared in the last two months of 1944 onward and were too late to have a major effect on the Second World War.

Due to their late arrival, the majority of these coastal submarines were never used in combat, and were scuttled either in Germany or in Operation Deadlight following the end of the war. These boats are listed below with construction and destruction information.

Type XXIII submarines edit

Boat Construction Commanders Fate
Laid down Launched Commissioned Shipyard
U-2321 10 March 1944 17 April 1944 12 June 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans-Heinrich Barschkis Performed one operational patrol, sinking the British merchant ship Gasray, before surrendering to the Allies. Sunk on 27 November 1945 in Operation Deadlight.[1]
U-2322 22 March 1944 30 April 1944 1 July 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Fridtjof Heckel Performed two operational patrols, sinking the British merchantman Egholm, before surrendering to the Allies. Sunk on 27 November 1945 in Operation Deadlight.[2]
U-2323 11 April 1944 31 May 1944 18 July 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Walter Angermann Sunk by a naval mine on 26 July 1944.[3]
U-2324 21 April 1944 16 June 1944 25 July 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans-Heinrich Haß
Konstantin von Rappard 		Performed two operational patrols before surrendering to the Allies. Sunk on 27 November 1945 in Operation Deadlight.[4]
U-2325 29 April 1944 13 July 1944 3 August 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Wolf-Harald Schüler
Kurt Eckel 		Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 28 November 1945.[5]
U-2326 8 May 1944 17 July 1944 10 August 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Karl Jobst Performed two operational patrols before surrendering to the Allies, and was taken over by the British as N 35, before being transferred to France in 1946. Lost in an accident on 6 December 1946 at Toulon.[6]
U-2327 16 May 1944 29 July 1944 19 August 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Heinrich Mürl
Werner Müller
Hans-Walter Pahl
Hermann Schulz 		Scuttled in Hamburg-Finkenwerder docks on 2 May 1945.[7]
U-2328 19 May 1944 7 August 1944 25 August 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans-Ulrich Scholle
Peter Lawrence 		Surrendered to the Allies at Bergen, Norway and foundered during Operation Deadlight on 27 November 1945.[8]
U-2329 2 June 1944 11 August 1944 1 September 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Heinrich Schlott Performed one operational patrol before surrendering to the Allies. Sunk on 28 November 1945 in Operation Deadlight.[9]
U-2330 12 June 1944 19 August 1944 7 September 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans Beckmann Scuttled in Kiel harbour on 3 May 1945.[10]
U-2331 30 June 1944 22 August 1944 12 September 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans-Walter Pahl Sunk in a training accident on 10 October 1944.[11]
U-2332 20 September 1944 18 October 1944 13 November 1944 Germaniawerft, Kiel Dieter Bornkessel Scuttled in Hamburg docks on 3 May 1945.[12]
U-2333 27 September 1944 16 November 1944 18 December 1944 Germaniawerft, Kiel Heinz Baumann Scuttled in Geltinger Bay on 5 May 1945.[13]
U-2334 14 July 1944 26 August 1944 21 September 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Walter Angermann Surrendered at Kristiansand and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 28 November 1945.[14]
U-2335 20 July 1944 31 August 1944 27 September 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Karl-Dietrich Benthin Badly damaged by air attack on 19 April 1945, U-2335 surrendered at Kristiansand and was disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 28 November 1945.[15]
U-2336 27 July 1944 10 September 1944 30 September 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Jürgen Vockel
Emil Klusmeier 		Performed one operational patrol before surrendering to the Allies. On 7 May 1945 it sank two Allied merchant ships (Avondale Park and Sneland I) in the Firth of Forth. These were the last ships lost to German submarines in World War II. Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Taken to Lisahally on 21 June 1945 for Operation Deadlight. Sunk on 3 January 1946.[16]
U-2337 2 August 1944 15 September 1944 4 October 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Günther Behnisch Surrendered at Kristiansand and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 28 November 1945.[17]
U-2338 10 August 1944 18 September 1944 9 October 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans-Dietrich Kaiser Sunk by British Beaufighter aircraft during training mission on 4 May 1945.[18]
U-2339 15 August 1944 22 September 1944 16 November 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Germanus Woermann Inoperable following unknown damage in port in December 1944. Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[19]
U-2340 18 August 1944 28 September 1944 16 October 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Emil Klusmeier Destroyed in Royal Air Force bombing raid on 30 March 1945.[20]
U-2341 23 August 1944 3 October 1944 21 October 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hermann Boehm Surrendered at Cuxhaven and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 31 December 1945.[21]
U-2342 29 August 1944 13 October 1944 1 November 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Berthold Schad von Mittelbiberach Destroyed by naval mine during convoy operation on 26 December 1944.[22]
U-2343 31 August 1944 18 October 1944 6 November 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Harald Fuhlendorf
Hans-Ludwig Gaude 		Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[23]
U-2344 4 September 1944 24 October 1944 10 November 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hermann Ellerlage Sunk after collision with U-2336 during a training operation on 18 February 1945. Wreck raised in June 1956, and broken up at Rostock in 1958.[24]
U-2345 7 September 1944 28 October 1944 15 November 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Karl Steffen Surrendered at Stavanger and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 27 November 1945.[25]
U-2346 14 September 1944 31 October 1944 20 November 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hermann von der Höh Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[26]
U-2347 19 September 1944 6 November 1944 2 December 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Willibald Ulbing Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[27]
U-2348 22 September 1944 11 November 1944 4 December 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Georg Goschzik Surrendered at Stavanger and docked in Belfast. Scrapped in April 1949.[28]
U-2349 25 September 1944 20 November 1944 11 December 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans-Georg Müller Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[29]
U-2350 28 September 1944 22 November 1944 23 December 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Werner Schauer Surrendered at Kristiansand and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 28 November 1945.[30]
U-2351 3 October 1944 25 November 1944 30 December 1944 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Werner Brückner Inoperable following damage from bombing raids, surrendered in Kiel and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 3 January 1946.[31]
U-2352 9 October 1944 5 December 1944 11 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Sigmund Budzyn Scuttled at Hörup Haff on 5 May 1945.[32]
U-2353 10 October 1944 6 December 1944 9 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Jürgen Hillmann Surrendered at Kristiansand and was taken over by the British as N 37. Transferred to the USSR in 1945. Broken up in 1963.[33]
U-2354 14 October 1944 10 December 1944 11 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans-Dieter Wex Surrendered at Kristiansand and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 22 December 1945.[34]
U-2355 18 October 1944 13 December 1944 12 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hans-Heino Franke Scuttled in the Kieler Förde, near Laboe on 3 May 1945.[35]
U-2356 21 October 1944 19 December 1944 12 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Friedrich Hartel Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 6 January 1946.[36]
U-2357 21 October 1944 20 December 1944 13 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Erwin Heinrich Scuttled at Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[37]
U-2358 1 November 1944 22 December 1944 16 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Gerhard Breun Scuttled at Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[38]
U-2359 3 November 1944 23 December 1944 16 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Gustav Bischoff Sunk by Allied air attack on a transport mission on 2 May 1945.[39] Found in October 2007 off the island of Læsø in Denmark.[40]
U-2360 7 November 1944 29 December 1944 23 January 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Kurt Schrobach Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[41]
U-2361 12 November 1944 3 January 1945 3 February 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Heinz von Henning Surrendered at Kristiansand and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 27 November 1945.[42]
U-2362 22 November 1944 11 January 1945 5 February 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Martin Czekowski Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[43]
U-2363 22 November 1944 18 January 1945 5 February 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Karl Frahm Surrendered at Kristiansand and disposed of in Operation Deadlight on 28 November 1945.[44]
U-2364 27 November 1944 23 January 1945 14 February 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Dieter Hengen
Gerhard Remus 		Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[45]
U-2365 6 December 1944 26 January 1945 2 March 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Fritz-Otto Korfmann
Uwe Christiansen 		Scuttled in the Kattegat following an air attack on 8 May 1945, later raised and commissioned as Hai in post-war Bundesmarine on 15 August 1957. Sunk in North Sea on 14 September 1966. Raised on 19 September 1966 and broken up.[46]
U-2366 6 December 1944 17 February 1945 10 March 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Kurt Jäckel Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[47]
U-2367 11 December 1944 23 February 1945 17 March 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Heinrich Schröder Sunk after collision with an unidentified German U-boat near Schleimünde on 5 May 1945. Raised in August 1956 and commissioned into the Bundesmarine as Hecht on 1 October 1957. Stricken on 30 September 1968 and broken up at Kiel in 1969.[48]
U-2368 15 December 1944 19 March 1945 11 April 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Fritz Ufermann Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[49]
U-2369 20 December 1944 24 March 1945 18 April 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hermann Schulz
Hans-Walter Pahl 		Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[50]
U-2371 19 January 1945 18 April 1945 24 April 1945 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Johannes Kühne Scuttled in Hamburg-Finkwerder on 3 May 1945.[51]
U-4701 19 October 1944 14 December 1944 10 January 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Arnold Wiechmann Scuttled in Hörop Haff off Flensburg on 5 May 1945.[52]
U-4702 28 October 1944 20 December 1944 12 January 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Edgar Seeliger Scuttled in Gelting Bay on 5 May 1945.[53]
U-4703 1 November 1944 3 January 1945 21 January 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Hans-Ulrich Scholz Scuttled in Geltinger Bay on 5 May 1945 .[54]
U-4704 9 November 1944 13 February 1945 14 March 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Gerhard Franceschi Scuttled in Hörop Haff off Flensburg on 5 May 1945.[55]
U-4705 10 November 1944 11 January 1945 2 February 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Martin Landt-Hayen Scuttled in Kiel harbour on 3 May 1945.[56]
U-4706 14 November 1944 19 January 1945 7 February 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Manfred Schneider Surrendered at Kristiansand. Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy in October 1948 and commissioned as HNoMS Knerter. Used for storage by the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club from 14 April 1950. Stricken in 1954 and broken up.[57]
U-4707 5 December 1944 25 January 1945 20 February 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Joachim Leder Scuttled in Geltinger Bay on 5 May 1945.[58]
U-4709 1 December 1944 8 February 1945 3 March 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Paul Berkemann Scuttled in the Germaniawerft dock in Kiel on 4 May 1945.[59]
U-4710 1 March 1945 14 April 1945 1 May 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Ludwig-Ferdinand von Friedeburg Scuttled in Geltinger Bay on 5 May 1945.[60]
U-4711 1 December 1944 21 February 1945 21 March 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Siegfried Endler Scuttled in the Germaniawerft dock in Kiel on 4 May 1945.[61]
U-4712 3 January 1945 1 March 1945 3 April 1945 Germaniawerft, Kiel Karl-Heinz Rohlfing Scuttled in the Germaniawerft dock in Kiel on 3 May 1945.[62]

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Notes edit

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  2. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2322". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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  6. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2326". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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  8. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2328". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  9. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2329". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  10. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2330". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  11. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2331". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  12. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2332". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  13. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2333". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  14. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2334". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  15. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2335". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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  18. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2338". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  19. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2339". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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  21. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2341". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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  24. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2344". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  25. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2345". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  26. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2346". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  27. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2347". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  28. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2348". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  29. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2349". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  30. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2350". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  31. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2351". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  32. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2352". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  33. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2353". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  34. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2354". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  35. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2355". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  36. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2356". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  37. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2357". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  38. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2358". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  39. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2359". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  40. ^ "Sjældent tysk u-bådsvrag fundet". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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  42. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2361". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  43. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2362". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  44. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2363". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  45. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2364". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  46. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2365". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  47. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2366". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  48. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2367". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  49. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2368". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  50. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2369". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  51. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-2371". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  52. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4701". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  53. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4702". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  54. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4703". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  55. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4704". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  56. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4705". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  57. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4706". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  58. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4707". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  59. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4709". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  60. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4710". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  61. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-4711". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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