German submarine U-995

U-995 Type VIIC/41 at the Laboe Naval Memorial
History
Nazi Germany
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 on 9 May 1945
Norway
Name	Kaura
Acquired	October 1948
Commissioned	1 December 1952
Decommissioned	1965
Status	Museum ship at Laboe Naval Memorial since October 1971
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC/41 submarine
Displacement	759 tonnes (747 long tons) surfaced 860 t (846 long tons) submerged
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) 14 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds)
Service record (Kriegsmarine)
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla 16 September 1943 – 31 May 1944 13th U-boat Flotilla 1 June 1944 – 28 February 1945 14th U-boat Flotilla 1 March – 8 May 1945
Identification codes:	M 55 055
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Walter Köhntopp 16 September 1943 – 9 October 1944 Oblt.z.S. Hans-Georg Hess 10 October 1944 – 9 May 1945
Operations:	9 patrols: 1st patrol: a. 18 – 23 May 1944 b. 30 June – 1 July 1944 2nd patrol: a. 3 – 28 July 1944 b. 30 July – 2 August 1944 c. 17 – 19 August 1944 d. 23 – 24 August 1944 e. 26 August 1944 3rd patrol: a. 29 August – 11 September 1944 b. 12 – 14 September 1944 4th patrol: 25 September – 3 October 1944 5th patrol: 14 October – 11 November 1944 6th patrol: 30 November – 9 December 1944 7th patrol: 11 December 1944 – 7 January 1945 8th patrol: 2 February – 6 March 1945 9th patrol: a. 13 – 25 March 1945 b. 26 – 28 March 1945
Victories:	3 merchant ships sunk (1,560 GRT) 1 warship sunk (105 tons) 1 auxiliary warship sunk (633 GRT) 1 merchant ship total loss (7,176 GRT)

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.