List of all U-boats
U-995
Type | VIIC/41 | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 14 Oct 1941 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 25 Nov 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 195) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 22 Jul 1943 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 16 Sep 1943 | Oblt. Walter Köhntopp | ||||||||||||
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Career 9 patrols |
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Successes | 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 1,560 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 633 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 105 tons 1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 7,176 GRT | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Trondheim, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010). Post war information (see more post-war boats): | |||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-995 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Dachs (1 Sep 1944 - 5 Sep 1944)
Zorn (26 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944)
Panther (16 Oct 1944 - 10 Nov 1944)
Stier (11 Dec 1944 - 6 Jan 1945)
Hagen (17 Mar 1945 - 21 Mar 1945)
Attacks on this boat and other events
21 May 1944
An attack by a Canadian Sunderland flying boat (4 OTU RCAF/S) wounded five men.
21 Jul 1944
00:19 hrs, Norwegian Sea: a B-24 Liberator (59 Sqn RAF/Z, pilot SL B.A. Sisson, DFC) located U-995 on radar while on A/S patrol. The aircraft was forced to take evasive action by intense and very accurate flak while the nose, beam and tail gunners returned fire. The U-boat dived as the Liberator turned away to a distance of approx. one mile (1.6 km). The aircraft then dropped six depth charges 30 yards ahead of the swirl about 10 seconds after the U-boat disappeared. A small patch of oil was sighted, but nothing was heard via a sonobuoy pattern that was subsequently dropped. U-995 continued her patrol, but five days later a leak in the mounting of a radio antenna was discovered which forced a return to base, as it restricted diving capability. (Sources: ADM 199/1786)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
Check out U-995's gallery page
8 May 1945. When the war came to an end in Norway, U-995 was moored at Trondheim waiting for a Schnorchel to be fitted.
Men lost from the boat
21 May 1944
An attack by a Canadian Sunderland flying boat (4 OTU RCAF/S) wounded five men.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
13 Flotilla |
Fang den Hut! |
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