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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-995Type VIIC/41
Feldpost NumberM 55 095
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number195
Ordered14th Oct 1941
Keel laid25th Nov 1942
Launched22nd Jul 1943
Commissioned16th Sep 1943
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
09.43 - 05.445.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
06.44 - 02.4513.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
03.45 - 05.4514.U-Flottille, Narvik
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
09.43 - 10.44OL ~ KL Walter Köhntopp
see also: U-14 
10.44 - 05.45OL Hans-Georg Hess

Operations information for U-995
25.04.1944 - 27.04.1944
First Sailing
U-995 left Kiel under the command of Walter Köhntopp on 25th Apr 1944 and arrived at Kristiansand on 27th Apr 1944 after two days.
28.04.1944 - 28.04.1944
Second Sailing
On the 28th Apr 1944, U-995 left Kristiansand under the command of Walter Köhntopp and arrived at Flekkefjord on the same day.
16.05.1944 - 16.05.1944
Third Sailing
U-995 departed under Walter Köhntopp from Flekkefjord on 16th May 1944 and arrived at Bergen on the same day.
18.05.1944 - 23.05.1944
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-995 left Bergen under the command of Walter Köhntopp on 18th May 1944 and after five days arrived at Trondheim on 23rd May 1944.
30.06.1944 - 01.07.1944
Fifth Sailing
On the 30th Jun 1944, U-995 left Trondheim under the command of Walter Köhntopp and arrived at Narvik on 1st Jul 1944 after one day.
03.07.1944 - 28.07.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-995 departed under Walter Köhntopp from Narvik on 3rd Jul 1944 and returned to Narvik on 28th Jul 1944 after three and a half weeks on patrol.
30.07.1944 - 02.08.1944
Seventh Sailing
U-995 left Narvik under the command of Walter Köhntopp on 30th Jul 1944 and arrived at Trondheim on 2nd Aug 1944 after three days.
17.08.1944 - 19.08.1944
Eighth Sailing
On the 17th Aug 1944, U-995 left Trondheim under the command of Walter Köhntopp and after two days arrived at Narvik on 19th Aug 1944.
23.08.1944 - 24.08.1944
Ninth Sailing
U-995 departed under Walter Köhntopp from Narvik on 23rd Aug 1944 and arrived at Tromsö on 24th Aug 1944 after one day.
26.08.1944 - 26.08.1944
Tenth Sailing
U-995 left Tromsö under the command of Walter Köhntopp on 26th Aug 1944 and arrived at Hammerfest on the same day.
29.08.1944 - 11.09.1944
Eleventh Sailing - active patrol
On the 29th Aug 1944, U-995 left Hammerfest under the command of Walter Köhntopp and arrived back at Hammerfest on 11th Sep 1944 after nearly two weeks on patrol.
12.09.1944 - 14.09.1944
Twelfth Sailing
U-995 departed under Walter Köhntopp from Hammerfest on 12th Sep 1944 and after two days arrived at Narvik on 14th Sep 1944.
25.09.1944 - 03.10.1944
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-995 left Narvik under the command of Walter Köhntopp on 25th Sep 1944 and arrived at Skjomenfjord on 3rd Oct 1944 after just over one week.
14.10.1944 - 11.11.1944
Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 14th Oct 1944, U-995 left Skjomenfjord under the command of Hans-Georg Hess and after four weeks arrived at Narvik on 11th Nov 1944.
30.11.1944 - 09.12.1944
Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-995 departed under Hans-Georg Hess from Narvik on 30th Nov 1944 and arrived at Bogenbucht on 9th Dec 1944 after just over one week.
Hans-Georg Hess hit one ship on this patrol from convoy PK-20.
  • On 5th Dec 1944 he sank the Soviet 1,128 ton Proletarij, sailing with convoy PK-20.
11.12.1944 - 07.01.1945
Sixteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-995 left Bogenbucht under the command of Hans-Georg Hess on 11th Dec 1944 and after nearly four weeks arrived at Narvik on 7th Jan 1945.
Hans-Georg Hess hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy KB-37.
  • On 21st Dec 1944 he sank the Soviet 20 ton ReshitelŽnyj.
  • On 29th Dec 1944 he sank the Soviet 633 ton T-883/No 37, a member of convoy KB-37.
02.02.1945 - 06.03.1945
Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 2nd Feb 1945, U-995 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Georg Hess and arrived back at Narvik four and a half weeks later on 6th Mar 1945.
Hans-Georg Hess hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 2nd Mar 1945 he sank the Soviet 105 ton BO-224.
13.03.1945 - 25.03.1945
Eighteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-995 departed under Hans-Georg Hess from Narvik on 13th Mar 1945 and after more than one week arrived at Harstad on 25th Mar 1945.
Hans-Georg Hess hit one ship on this patrol from convoy JW-65.
  • On 20th Mar 1945 he fatally damaged the American 7,176 ton Horace Bushnell, part of convoy JW-65.
26.03.1945 - 28.03.1945
Nineteenth Sailing
U-995 left Harstad under the command of Hans-Georg Hess on 26th Mar 1945 and arrived at Trondheim on 28th Mar 1945 after two days.

Notes for U-995


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We have extra information on
6 relevant ships here:

PROLETARIJ

T-883/NO37

IDEFJORD

BO-224

HORACE BUSHNELL

RESHITEL'NYJ

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