German submarine U-995
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 U-995 Type VIIC at the Laboe Naval Memorial |
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| Career (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 |
| Career (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: | 769 long tons (781 t) surfaced 871 long tons (885 t) submerged |
| Length: | 67.23 m (220 ft 7 in) o/a 50.9 m (167 ft 0 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 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: | 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: | 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 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: | 230 m (750 ft) Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44-52 officers & ratings |
| Armament: | • 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: | Kriegsmarine 5th U-boat Flotilla (Training), 16 September 1943–31 May 1944 13th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat), 1 June 1944–28 February 1945 |
| Identification codes: | M 55 095 |
| Commanders: | Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp, 19 September 1943–9 October 1944 Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Hess, 10 October 1944–8 May 1945 |
| Operations: | 9 patrols |
| Victories: | 3 ships sunk for 1.560 gross register tons (GRT) 1 auxiliary warship sunk for 633 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.
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[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Other surviving U-boats
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Blair p819
[edit] References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: U 995 |
- Clay Blair : Hitler’s U-Boat War Vol II (1998).ISBN 0-304-35261-7
- U995 @ Uboat.net
- U-995 at Uboatwaffe.net - Retrieved 18 April 2007
