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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-2503Type XXI
Feldpost NumberM 41 704
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number2503
Ordered6th Nov 1943
Keel laid2nd May 1944
Launched29th Jun 1944
Commissioned1st Aug 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
08.44 - 04.4531.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
04.45 - 05.4511.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
08.44 - 10.44OL ~ KL Raimund Tiesler
see also: U-649 U-976 
10.44 - 11.44KL Richard Becker
see also: U-218 
11.44 - 05.45KL Karl-Jürg Wächter
see also: U-223 

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