| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-95 |
| Ordered: | 15 September 1915 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 259 |
| Laid down: | 29 March 1916 |
| Launched: | 20 January 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 29 April 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk by unknown cause off Hardelot, France in the second half of January, 1918. 36 dead (all hands lost). |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 93 submarine |
| Displacement: | 808 tons (surfaced) 946 tons (submerged) 1160 tons (total) |
| Length: | 70.60 m (overall) 55.55 m (pressure hull) |
| Beam: | 6.30 m (overall) 4.15 m (pressure hull) |
| Draught: | 4.02 m |
| Propulsion: | 2400 hp (surfaced) 1200 hp (submerged) |
| Speed: | 16.8 knots (surfaced) 9.1 knots (submerged) |
| Range: | 11,220 miles (surfaced) 56 miles (submerged) |
| Complement: | 39 men |
| Armament: | 16 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 105mm deck gun with 220 rounds 88mm deck gun |
SM U-95 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-95 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. She sank by unknown causes off Hardelot, France, in the second half of January 1918.[1]
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