| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-795 |
| Ordered: | 7 August 1942[1] |
| Builder: | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 719 |
| Laid down: | 2 February 1943[1] |
| Launched: | 21 March 1944[1] |
| Commissioned: | 22 April 1944[1] |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 3 May 1945, later broken up[1] |
| General characteristics [2][3] | |
| Type: | Type XVIIA submarine |
| Displacement: | 236 long tons (240 t) surfaced 259 long tons (263 t) submerged 312 long tons (317 t) total |
| Length: | 36.60 m (120 ft 1 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) o/a 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × Deutz SAA SM517 supercharged 8-cylinder diesel engine, 210 hp (160 kW) 1 × AEG Maschine AWT98 electric motor, 77 hp (57 kW) 2 × Walter gas turbines, 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged (electric drive) 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged (HTP drive) |
| Range: | 1,840 nmi (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced 76 nmi (141 km; 87 mi) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged (electric drive) 117 nmi (217 km; 135 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged (HTP drive) |
| Complement: | 12 |
| Armament: | • 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (bow) • 4 × torpedoes |
| Service record[1] | |
| Part of: | 8th U-boat Flotilla (22 April 1944–15 February 1945) 5th U-boat Flotilla (16 February 1945–3 May 1945) |
| Commanders: | Oblt. Horst Selle (22 April 1944–3 May 1945) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-795 was a Type XVIIA U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
U-795 was laid down on 2 February 1943 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel. Launched on 21 March 1944, the U-boat was commissioned on 22 April 1944 under the command of Oberleutnant Horst Selle. She served with 8th U-boat Flotilla until 15 February as a training boat, and then with 5th U-boat Flotilla until 3 May 1945.
On 3 May 1945, while in dry dock at Kiel, the boats engine room was destroyed with explosives to prevent its usefulness to the enemy if captured.
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