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U-995

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:29 pm

The inscription on the stamp of Guinea gives that the U-995 is depict but the submarine showed is the U-99 a Type VIIB boat.
The U-995 is now on dry land at Laboe near Kiel as a submarine memorial.

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Built as a submarine under yard No 671 by Blohm & Voss, Steinwerder near Hamburg for the German Navy.
14 October 1941 ordered.
25 November 1942 laid down.
22 July 1943 launched as the U-995 one of the VIIC/41 submarine.
Displacement 759 ton surfaced, 860 ton submerged, dim. 67.10 x 6.20 x 4.74m. (draught), length bpp 50.5 m.
Powered by two diesel engines 2,800 – 3,200 bhp, two electric motors, 750 shp, twin shafts, speed 17.2 knots surfaced, 7.6 knots submerged.
Range by a speed of 10 knots, 8.500 mile on surface or submerged by a speed of 4 knots, 80 mile.
Test depth 230 metre.
Armament: 5 – 53.3 cm torpedo tubes, four bow one stern, carried 14 torpedoes. 1 – 8.8 cm deck gun.
Crew 4 officers and 40 – 56 men.
16 September 1943 commissioned, under Kptlt. Walter Köhntopp.
After commissioned a unit of the 5th U-boat Flotilla.

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.
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 zur See Hans-Georg Hess (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
Design
German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier Type VIIC submarines. U-995 had a displacement of 759 tonnes (747 long tons) when at the surface and 860 tonnes (850 long tons) while submerged. It had a total length of 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in), a beam of 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in). The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two Brown, Boveri & Cie GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 shaft horsepower (760 PS; 560 kW) for use while submerged. It had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. It was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph).[1] When submerged, it could operate for 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, it could travel 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-995 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at its bow and one at its stern), fourteen torpedoes, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. It had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.[1]
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)
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)
Summary of raiding career
Date Name of ship Flag Tonnage Fate
5 December 1944 Proletarij Soviet Union 1,123 Sunk
21 December 1944 Reshitel'ny Soviet Union 20 Sunk
26 December 1944 RT-52 Som Soviet Union 417 Sunk
29 December 1944 T-883 (No 37) Soviet Navy 633 Sunk
2 March 1945 BO-224 Soviet Navy 105 Sunk
20 March 1945 Horace Bushnell United States 7,176 Damaged
Fate
At the end of the war on 8 May 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 from service by the Royal Norwegian Navy. She then was offered to the German government for the ceremonial price of one Deutsche Mark. The offer was turned down; but the Boat was saved by the German Navy League, DMB, where she became a museum ship at Laboe Naval Memorial in October 1971.
FLAK weaponry
U-995 was mounted with a single 3.7 cm Flak M42U 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.
Passive sonar
U-995 was fixed with a Royal Norwegian Navy design Balkongerät sometime during the 1970s and then removed sometime between 4 November 1971 and 13 March 1972.

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