German submarine U-2511
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Design
Like all Type XXI submarines, U-2511 had a displacement of Script error: No such module "convert". when at the surface and Script error: No such module "convert". while submerged. She had a total length of Script error: No such module "convert". (o/a), a beam of Script error: No such module "convert"., and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn The submarine was powered by two MAN SE supercharged six-cylinder M6V40/46KBB diesel engines each providing Script error: No such module "convert"., two Siemens-Schuckert GU365/30 double-acting electric motors each providing Script error: No such module "convert"., and two Siemens-Schuckert silent running GV232/28 electric motors each providing Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Script error: No such module "convert". and a submerged speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. When running on silent motors the boat could operate at a speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. When submerged, the boat could operate at Script error: No such module "convert". for Script error: No such module "convert".; when surfaced, she could travel Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn U-2511 was fitted with six Script error: No such module "convert". torpedo tubes in the bow and four Script error: No such module "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.[1]
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.[1] 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.[2]
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 Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[1] She was sunk by gunfire after her towing cable parted.
The wreck lies at a depth Script error: No such module "convert".. She had been visited by divers at least three times, in 1999 and 2001, and circa 2012 for 'Dig WW2 with Dan Snow',[3] revealing she is largely intact except for a large blast hole caused by the shellfire that sank her.[4]
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External links
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- Researched scale model representation of U-2511
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