German submarine U-995

	U-995 Type VIIC at the Laboe Naval Memorial
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-995
Ordered	14 October 1941
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	195
Laid down	25 November 1942
Launched	22 July 1943
Commissioned	16 September 1943
Fate	Surrendered
History
Norway
Name	HNoMS Kaura
Acquired	October 1948
Commissioned	December 1952
Decommissioned	1965
Fate	Museum ship at Laboe Naval Memorial, the only surviving Type VII class in the world
General characteristics
Type	Type VIIC/41 submarine
Displacement	list error: mixed text and list (help); 769 long tons (781 t) surfaced; 871 long tons (885 t) submerged;
Length	list error: mixed text and list (help); 67.23 m (220 ft 7 in) o/a; 50.9 m (167 ft 0 in) pressure hull;
Beam	list error: mixed text and list (help); 6.85 m (22 ft 6 in) o/a; 5 m (16 ft 5 in) pressure hull;
Draft	5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	list error: mixed text and list (help); 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels totalling 2,800–3,200 hp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470–490; 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296;
Speed	list error: mixed text and list (help); 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced; 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged;
Range	list error: mixed text and list (help); 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced; 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged;
Test depth	list error: mixed text and list (help); 230 m (750 ft); Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft);
Complement	44–52 officers & ratings
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help); 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern); 14 × torpedoes; 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds);
Service record
Part of:	list error: mixed text and list (help); Kriegsmarine 5th U-boat Flotilla (Training), 16 September 1943–31 May 1944; 13th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat), 1 June 1944–28 February 1945; 14th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat), 1 March 1945–8 May 1945;
Identification codes:	M 55 095
Commanders:	list error: mixed text and list (help); Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp, 19 September 1943–9 October 1944; Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Hess, 10 October 1944–8 May 1945;
Operations:	9 patrols
Victories:	list error: <br /> list (help); 3 ships sunk for 1.560 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help); 1 auxiliary warship sunk for 633 GRT; 1 warship sunk for 105 tons; ; 1 ship a total loss for 7.176 GRT;

German submarine U-995 was a German Type VIIC/41 U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 25 November 1942 by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany, and commissioned on 16 September 1943 with Oberleutnant Walter Köhntopp in command.

Commanders

During the war U-995's commanders were:

16 September 1943 to 9 October 1944 Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp
10 October 1944 to 8 May 1945 Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Hess (Knight's Cross)

Service history

During the war U-995 conducted 9 patrols:

16 September 1943 to 31 May 1944 5th Flotilla (training)
1 June 1944 to 28 February 1945 13th Flotilla (front boat)
1 March 1945 to 8 May 1945 14th Flotilla (front boat)

Successes

List of ships sunk by U-995:

Three ships sunk for 1,560 GRT
One auxiliary warship sunk for 633 GRT
One warship sunk for 105 tons
One ship a total loss for 7,176 GRT

Fate

At the end of the war on 8 May 1945 she was stricken at Trondheim, Norway. She was surrendered to the British ^[1] and then transferred to Norwegian ownership in October 1948. In December 1952 U995 became the Norwegian submarine Kaura and in 1965 she was stricken by the Royal Norwegian Navy. She then was sold for the symbolic price of one Deutsche Mark to Germany where she became a museum ship at Laboe Naval Memorial in October 1971.

Other surviving U-boats

Notes

^ Blair, p. 819.

References

Clay Blair : Hitler’s U-Boat War Vol II (1998). ISBN 978-0-394-58839-1
U995 @ Uboat.net
U-995 at Uboatwaffe.net – Retrieved 18 April 2007

External links

Documentary about U995

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[1] Blair, p. 819.

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