Английская Википедия:German submarine U-995
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsШаблон:Infobox service recordGerman 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
German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier Type VIIC submarines. U-995 had a displacement of Шаблон:Convert when at the surface and Шаблон:Convert while submerged.Шаблон:Sfn She had a total length of Шаблон:Convert, a pressure hull length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a height of Шаблон:Convert, and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while surfaced, two Brown, Boveri & Cie GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two Шаблон:Convert propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Шаблон:Convert and a maximum submerged speed of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn When submerged, the boat could operate for Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert; when surfaced, she could travel Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. U-995 was fitted with five Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, and three anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.Шаблон:Sfn
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.
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A single 3.7 cm Flak M42U gun on the LM 42U mount.
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] |
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5 December 1944 | Proletarij | Шаблон:Flag | 1,123 | Sunk |
21 December 1944 | Reshitel'nyj | Шаблон:Flag | 20 | Sunk |
26 December 1944 | RT-52 Som | Шаблон:Flag | 417 | Sunk |
29 December 1944 | T-883 (No 37) | Шаблон:Navy | 633 | Sunk |
2 March 1945 | BO-224 | Шаблон:Navy | 105 | Sunk |
20 March 1945 | Horace Bushnell | Шаблон:Flag | 7,176 | Total loss |
Gallery
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U-995 forward torpedo tubes
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U-995 control room
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U-995 hatches
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U-995 diesel engine room
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U-995 electric motor compartment
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U-995 aft torpedo compartment
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Turret logo of U-995
See also
Other surviving U-boats
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
- Clay Blair : Hitler's U-Boat War Vol II (1998). Шаблон:ISBN
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External links
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- ↑ Wetzel, Eckard. U-995. Motorbuch Verlag; Erw. N.-A. edition (1 November 2004). Шаблон:ISBN.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 This drawing is based foremost on the internal framing of the Type VIIC and photographs of U-995Шаблон:'s. Its dimensions and attachment points are based principally on the external framing of the Type VIIC.
- ↑ Blair, p. 819.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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