German submarine U-995

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; 14th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat), 1 March 1945–8 May 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; 1 warship sunk for 105 tons; 1 ship a total loss for 7.176 GRT;

German submarine U-995
German submarine U-995
	U-995 Type VIIC at the Laboe Naval Memorial
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
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);

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 of the Iron 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[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to U 995.

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

Coordinates: 54°24′45″N 10°13′44″E / 54.4125°N 10.22889°E / 54.4125; 10.22889

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[1] Blair, p. 819.

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