U-995
German submarine Type VII-C/41

The U-995 was one of nearly 700 Type VII submarines, the largest class constructed by Germany during World War II. Her combat patrol area was mainly in the North Sea and Arctic waters. She sank four Allied ships totaling over 9,000 tons. Five of her crew were wounded when the submarine came under attack by a Royal Canadian Air Force Sunderland flying boat on May 21, 1944.

U-995 was struck from the Navy List at Trondheim, Norway on May 8, 1945, after which she was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy and renamed Kaura. This "save" kept her from being scrapped. Returned to Germany in 1971, U-995 was installed in her permanent berth, a concrete cradle, in the care of the non-profit Deutscher Marinebund. She is located in the small seaside town of Laboe on the Baltic coast near Kiel.

Class: Type VIIC/41
Keel Laid: November 25, 1942
At: Blohm and Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Commissioned: September 16, 1943
Length: 221.8 feet
Beam: 20 feet
Draft: 15 feet
Displacement: 769 tons (surfaced)

Address for visiting:
Laboe, Germany

Address for inquiries:
Freundeskreis U-995 e.V.
Am Wiesengrund 6
29690 Buchholz/Aller
Germany
Email: navyhartmut@yahoo.de
Web site: http://www.freundeskreis-u995ev.de