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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-2336Type XXIII
Feldpost NumberM 44 599
Construction YardDeutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Yard Number490
Ordered20th Sep 1943
Keel laid27th Jul 1944
Launched10th Sep 1944
Commissioned30th Sep 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
09.44 - 02.4532.U-Flottille, Königsberg & Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
02.45 - 05.454.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
09.44 - 03.45OL Jürgen Vockel
04.45 - 05.45KL Emil Klusmeier
see also: U-2340 

Operations information for U-2336
18.04.1945 - 23.04.1945
First Sailing
U-2336 left Kiel under the command of Emil Klusmeier on 18th Apr 1945 and arrived at return on 23rd Apr 1945 after five days.
01.05.1945 - 14.05.1945
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 1st May 1945, U-2336 left Larvik under the command of Emil Klusmeier and after nearly two weeks arrived at return on 14th May 1945.
Emil Klusmeier hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy EN-91.
  • On 7th May 1945 he sank the Norwegian 1,791 ton Sneland I, sailing with convoy EN-91.
  • On 7th May 1945 he sank the Canadian 2,878 ton Avondale Park, a member of convoy EN-91.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Sneland I.

Notes for U-2336


We have 4 crew names for this boat. click here for crew names of U 2336
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2 relevant ships here:

AVONDALE PARK

SNELAND I

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