German submarine U-995

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U-995 Type VIIC/41 at the Laboe Naval Memorial
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German submarine U-995 is a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 25 November 1942 by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany, and commissioned on 16 September 1943 with Oberleutnant zur See Walter Köhntopp in command. She is preserved at Laboe Naval Memorial near Kiel.

Design

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Armament

FLAK weaponry

U-995 was mounted with a single 3.7 cm Flak M42 gun on the LM 42U mount. The LM 42U mount was the most common mount used with the 3.7 cm Flak M42U. The 3.7 cm Flak M42U was the marine version of the 3.7 cm Flak and was also used by the Kriegsmarine on other Type VII and Type IX U-boats.

Additionally, the boat was armed with a pair of twin Flak 38 20mm "Flakzwilling" mounts immediately adjacent to the 37mm gun mount.

Sonar

Passive sonar

U-995 was fitted with a Royal Norwegian Navy design Balkongerät sometime during the 1960s and then removed sometime between 4 November 1971 and 13 March 1972.[1]

Service history

The boat's career began with training at 5th Flotilla on 16 September 1943, followed by active service on 1 June 1944 as part of the 13th Flotilla. She later transferred to 14th Flotilla on 1 March 1945.

Wolfpacks

U-995 took part in five wolfpacks, namely:

  • Dachs (1–5 September 1944)
  • Zorn (26 September – 1 October 1944)
  • Panther (16 October – 10 November 1944)
  • Stier (11 December 1944 – 6 January 1945)
  • Hagen (17–21 March 1945)

Fate

At the end of the war, on 8 May 1945, U-995 was stricken at Trondheim, Norway. She was surrendered to the British on 9 December[3] and then transferred to Norwegian ownership in October 1948. On 1 December 1952 U-995 became the Norwegian submarine Kaura (Norwegian K class) and in 1965 she was stricken from service by the Royal Norwegian Navy. She then was offered to the West German government for the ceremonial price of one Deutsche Mark. The offer was refused; however, the boat was saved by the German Navy League, DMB. U-995 became a museum ship at Laboe Naval Memorial in October 1971.

Summary of raiding history

Date Ship Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 1] Fate[4]
5 December 1944 Proletarij File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1,123 Sunk
21 December 1944 Reshitel'nyj File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 20 Sunk
26 December 1944 RT-52 Som File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 417 Sunk
29 December 1944 T-883 (No 37) Template:Navy/core 633 Sunk
2 March 1945 BO-224 Template:Navy/core 105 Sunk
20 March 1945 Horace Bushnell File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 Total loss

Gallery

See also

Other surviving U-boats

References

Notes

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  1. ↑ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.

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Citations

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  1. ↑ Wetzel, Eckard. U-995. Motorbuch Verlag; Erw. N.-A. edition (1 November 2004). Template:ISBN.
  2. ↑ a b This drawing is based foremost on the internal framing of the Type VIIC and photographs of U-995Template:'s. Its dimensions and attachment points are based principally on the external framing of the Type VIIC.
  3. ↑ Blair, p. 819.
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Bibliography

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  • Clay Blair : Hitler's U-Boat War Vol II (1998). Template:ISBN
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