U-boat Type XXI

Laid down:28.10.1944.
Commissioned:24.02.1945.
24.02.1945 - 04.05.1945 31. Flottille (training)
Scuttled on 4 May, 1945 near the Flensburg lightship. Raised in 1957. Became the research vessel Wilhelm Bauer in the Bundesmarine, 1 Sept 1960. Transferred to the Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum) at Bremerhaven in 1984.

Displacement:1621/1819t
76.70 x 8.00 x 6.32 m
Speed:18.08/17.5 kn.
Range(miles / knots): 15500/10 (sf),340/5 (sm)
Max depth: ca. 280 m
Crew: 57-60 men

Weapon:Torpedoes: 23 , 6(bow tubes)

Bremerhaven,German Maritime Museum,15.10.2006.