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Photographer:
Frank Behrends [ View profile ]
Captured:
Apr 21, 2019
Title:
Kms U995
Location:
Kiel, Germany
Photo Category:
Museum Ships
Added:
Apr 30, 2019
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208
Image Resolution:
1,957 x 1,398

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Name: U995
Ordered: 14 October 1941
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number: 195
Laid down: 25. Nov 42
Launched: 22 July 1943
Commissioned: 16. Sep 43
Fate: Surrendered
 Norway
Name: Kaura
Acquired: October 1948
Commissioned: December 1952
Decommissioned: 1965
Status: Museum ship at Laboe Naval Memorial
General characteristics
Class and type: Type VIIC/41 submarine
Displacement: 759 tonnes (747 long tons) surfaced
860 t (846 long tons) submerged
Length: 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a
50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam: 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a
4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draught: 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power: 2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels)
750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion: 2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced
7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range: 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 230 m (750 ft)
Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement: 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament: 5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
14 ×torpedoes
1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds)

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