вЂњIt must be assumed that the enemy will concentrate his A/S forces off Norway, and in the Atlantic passage, North Sea and Baltic approaches. As a rule we shall be unable to use the Type VIIC boats in the Channel, since the passage takes so long that they would be unlikely to arrive in a fit state to operate under such difficult conditions the only other areas remaining to them are the Moray Firth, the Minch and the North Channel in British coastal waters, and Reykjavik. The Type IXC boats will no longer be able to operate either in the Caribbean or on the Gold Coast without refuelling, and will therefore be obliged to concentrate mainly on the US coast, the Newfoundland area and also the St Lawrence, which is again accessible to schnorkel boats. A few Home ports will also be used, since the Norwegian bases have insufficient accommodation, and operational possibilities will thus be limited. Now that the French Atlantic ports are no longer in our possession, U-boat operations will be continued from Norway. Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2511 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.Type XXI U-boot at Wilhelmshaven, model Aitor Azkue (In recent years doubt has been cast on this version of events, however. U-2511 reached Bergen on 5 May, where a few days later Schnee met officers from HMS Norfolk, who at first refused to believe that U-2511 could have gotten so close without being detected. Schnee claimed he had a certain opportunity to torpedo the cruiser, but left the scene without revealing his presence and returned to base. U-2511 approached to within 500 m (547 yds) without any ASDIC (active sonar) contact from escorting destroyers. A few hours later U-2511 followed an HE (passive sonar) contact to the British cruiser HMS Norfolk, which was proceeding in company with other British warships. Schnee received DГ¶nitz's cease-fire order. On 1 May U-2511 made her first enemy contact. The intended destination of the patrol was the Caribbean, where the boat was to be tested under all conditions. (Ing) Gerd Suhren, 'Teddy' Suhren's brother. Also aboard was one of the very few LIs to be awarded the Knight's Cross, Korvkpt. Adalbert Schnee (Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves), a highly successful commander of U-201, followed by two years on DГ¶nitz's personal staff. The crew served under very experienced officers like Korvkpt. On the evening of 30 April, as Hitler committed suicide in Berlin, U-2511 set out from Bergen on her first and last patrol. After undergoing deep diving trials the boat left for Bergen on 18 April, arriving there on 21 April. A few days later she arrived at Horten U-boat base in Norway. On 16 March U-2511 left Kiel as part of a combat flotilla, the first type XXI U-boat to do so. She then returned to the shipyard for some remaining work to be finished. U-2511 left the Bay of Danzig on 30 January 1945, where she had completed working up exercises, including extensive trials of new equipment. The first type XXI boat on active service The crew evaded mines, surface ships, and Allied submarines to reach the harbours of SГ¤ssnitz/RГјgen islands, where their passengers disembarked for a refugee camp. There the crew took on survivors from the wreck of the Wilhelm Gustloff, which had taken three torpedoes amidships from the Russian submarine S-13. Several hours into her journey, she surfaced near the Stolpe Banks in the Baltic off Leba. She left port on 30 January 1945 with her crew and dozens of refugees - of the tens of thousands - who had crowded into Danzig in hopes of safe passage from the Russian incursion. U-2511 had completed the usual working-up exercises in the Bay of Danzig, as well as trials of new equipment. About 20-30m underwater visibility - 69 metres depth.Depth: 220 feet (67 meters) Innes McCartney dove on this boat in 2001 (see his report). Blue marker shows final fate during Operation Deadlight.

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