Losses
Eight Type XXIIIs were lost to various causes.
- U-2323 was sunk by a naval mine on July 26, 1944.
- U-2331 was lost in a training accident on October 10, 1944.
- U-2338 was sunk by British Beaufighter aircraft which killed 12 crewmen and sank the boat east-northeast of Fredericia on May 4, 1945, before she ever went on combat patrol.
- U-2342 was mined and sunk on December 26, 1944.
- U-2344 was accidentally rammed and sunk by U-2336 on February 18, 1945.
- U-2351 was paid off in April 1945 after bomb damage.
- U-2359 was sunk by Allied aircraft on May 2, 1945.
- U-2367 was accidentally rammed and sunk by an unidentified U-boat on May 5, 1945.
In early May 1945, 31 XXIIIs were scuttled by their crews. Twenty surrendered to the Allies and were sunk in Operation Deadlight. Only three — U-2326 (later British submarine N35), U-2353 (later British submarine N37), and U-4706 (later Norwegian submarine Knerten) — survived the war.
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