Unterseeboot 995

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U995 Type VIIC at the Laboe Naval Memorial.

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Unterseeboot 995 was a Type VIIC/41 submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on November 25, 1942 by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg, Germany. She was commissioned on September 16, 1943 with Oberleutnant Walter Köhntopp in command.

Commanders:

September 16, 1943 to October 9, 1944 Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp
October 10, 1944 to May 8, 1945 Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Hess Knight's Cross

During the war she conducted 9 patrols:

September 16, 1943 to 31 May 1944 5th Flottille (training)
June 1, 1944 to February 28, 1945 13th Flottille (front boat)
March 1, 1945 to May 8, 1945 14th Flottille (front boat)

During her career she sunk:

3 ships sunk for a total of 1,560 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 633 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 105 tons
1 ship a total loss for a total of 7,176 GRT

At the end of the war on May 8, 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 by the Royal Norwegian Navy. She then was sold for the symbolic price of one Deutsche Mark to Germany where she became a museum ship at Laboe in October 1971.