U - 2330

U - 2330


Starting from March 1945 shortly after completion , type XXIII submarine U - 2330 lowered using the hoist to the launch site no.8 in Germania shipyard . U - 2330 is one of the two U-boats were used to test the variants are equipped with a control tower overlooking the layer . This variant is easily recognizable from an indigenous form of attic hydrophone arrangement without the edges that slope as found on later models . Also clearly visible is the gauge openings of sound in water at the keel . Commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Hans Beckmann , these submarines to be part of the 32 . U - Flotille and serves as a training ship of the month September 1944 s / d in February 1945 . He was then assigned to the 11 . U - Flotille ( Bergen ) as an operational vessel . Unfortunately , the war ended before the trigger- U - 2330 had his first patrol , and he was later sunk by its own crew in Kiel dated May 3, 1945 . XXIII U - boat type two shipyard is seen in the U - 2323 . A notable of these vessels is the number of grip as well as a niche foothold in the side of the control tower and extra grip in the container niche apungnya . Deflector ( fin pembelok ) dent on the front right of the front face of the tool diver probably caused by collisions with underwater objects , collisions with other submarines , or it could also be due to too fast to maneuver lean at practice !


sources :
Magazine " U - Boot im Focus " edition no.2 of 2007