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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: | Museum ship at Laboe Naval Memorial, the only surviving Type VII class in the world. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | VIIC/41 |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine 5. Unterseebootsflottille (Training), 1943-09-16 - 1944-05-31 13. Unterseebootsflottille (Front Boat), 1944-06-01 - 1945-02-28 |
| Identification codes: | M 55 095 |
| Commanders: | Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp, 1943-09-16 - 1944-10-09 Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Hess, 1944-10-10 - 1945-05-08 |
| Operations: | 9 patrols |
| Victories: | 3 ships sunk for 1.560 gross register tons (GRT) 1 auxiliary warship sunk for 633 GRT |
U-995 was a German Type VIIC/41 submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on November 25, 1942 by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg, Germany. She was commissioned on September 16, 1943 with Oberleutnant Walter Köhntopp in command.
Commanders:
- September 16, 1943 to October 9, 1944 Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp
- October 10, 1944 to May 8, 1945 Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Hess Knight's Cross
During the war she conducted 9 patrols:
- September 16, 1943 to 31 May 1944 5th Flottille (training)
- June 1, 1944 to February 28, 1945 13th Flottille (front boat)
- March 1, 1945 to May 8, 1945 14th Flottille (front boat)
During her career she sunk:
- 3 ships sunk for 1,560 GRT
- 1 auxiliary warship sunk for 633 GRT
- 1 warship sunk for 105 tons
- 1 ship a total loss for 7,176 GRT
At the end of the war on May 8, 1945 she was stricken at Trondheim, Norway. She was surrendered to the British 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 in October 1971.
References
- U995 @ Uboat.net
- U-995 at Uboatwaffe.net - Retrieved 18 April 2007
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