U-2338

hej hej,
the unknown german u-boat wreck at 55:34,33N 10:49,63E (store bælt) seems really interesting to me!!

Some numbers cited her:
U-3032 (Slegvogt) 56:26,5 N 11:32,2 E was damaged east of Stabers Huk (Fehmarn!)
U-2365 ... has been raised in 1956 for FRG
U-2359 57:29 N 11:24 E lies in the Kattegat
U-2338 ... has been raised in 1952 for DK
U-2524 55:55 N 10:45 E lies east of Samsø (RAF lost thereby one beaufighter by flak)

U-2367 ... has been raised in 1956 for FRG, BUT at 55:00 N 11:00 E she had a collision with unidentified German U-boat.

The distance between german wreck an point of collision is ca. 60 km inside the Store Bælt.
Are there any further news about the unknown wreck ("danish U-who") until now?

mvh fra Hamburg
Ulrich

U-2338 fulgtes med U 2359 og U-2365, som begge slap væk fra angrebet. U-2365 blev den 8/5 selvsænket nær U-534s position, nordøst for Anholt. U-2338, blev vragfisket i foråret 1952 af stenfisker fartøjet Kirsten Jensen, og der er idag så at sige intet tilbage på positionen.

Mvh Flemming

Det er nok ikke U-2338, da den blev ophugget i 1952!
Fra http://www.uboat.net/boats/u2338.htm
U-2338

Type XXIII
Laid down 10 Aug, 1944 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg
Commissioned 9 Oct, 1944 Oblt. Hans-Dietrich Kaiser
Commanders 10.44 - 05.45 Oblt. Hans-Dietrich Kaiser
Career No patrols 9 Oct, 1944 - 4 May, 1945 32. Flottille (training)

Successes No successes (never on combat patrol)
Fate Sunk 4 May, 1945 east-north-east of Frederica, in position 55.34N, 09.49E, by British Beaufighter aircraft (Sqdns. 236 & 254). 12 dead and 1 survivor

Raised in 1952 and broken up

Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2338 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

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Det er måske U 3032 under Oberleutnant Slevogt, man ved at den fulgtes med U 2338 og en tredie, måske U 579 fra Sønderborg: De tre u-både bliver angrebet nord for Fænø, de to af dem sænkes men den tredie dykker og forsvinder.
I marinekommandoens arkiver er U 3032 meldt sunket ved "Stabers Huk" (i Afrika), men det er nok en germanisering af det fynske "Stauers Hoved", ihvertfald dukker overlevende fra u-båden op på lazarettet i København.