U 195

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U 195
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Type : IX D1
Field Post Number : M 49 317
Shipyard: AG Weser ( Deschimag ), Bremen
Construction contract: November 4th 1940
Build number: 1041
Keel laying: May 15, 1941
Launch: April 8, 1942
Commissioning: September 5, 1942
Commanders:
  • September 5, 1942 - October 17, 1943
    Corvette Captain Heinz Buchholz

  • Unoccupied October 18, 1943 - April 15, 1944
  • April 16, 1944 - May 10, 1945
    Oblt.zSdR Friedrich Steinfeldt
Calls: 3 patrols
Sinkings:

2 ships (14,375 GRT)

Whereabouts: sunk on February 15, 1946 during Operation Scuppered off the southeast coast of Madura Island

U 195 was a German submarine of the type IX D1 that was used by the German navy during World War II .

history

The order for the boat was awarded on November 4, 1940 to the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen , which belongs to Deschimag . The keel was laid on May 15, 1941, the launch on April 8, 1942. The commissioning under Lieutenant Heinz Buchholz finally took place on September 5, 1942.

After its commissioning on September 5, 1942 until March 31, 1943, the boat belonged to the 4th U-Flotilla in Stettin as a training boat . From April 1, 1943 to September 1943, it was a front boat in the 12th U-Flotilla in Bordeaux . from October 1943 to April 1944 the boat was taken out of service because it was converted into a transport boat. From May 1944 to September 30, 1944 as a front boat (supplier) again with the 12th U-Flotilla in Bordeaux, it followed from October 1, 1944 to May 10, 1945 as a front boat (supplier) to the 33rd U-Flotilla Flensburg (East Asia boats).

Calls

U 195 undertook three enemy voyages during its service, during which it sank two ships with 14,375 GRT and damaged one ship with 6,797 GRT .

First patrol

The boat left Kiel on March 20, 1943 at 8:00 a.m. , entered Kristiansand on March 22, 1943 at 1:00 a.m. and left again on the same day at 6:57 a.m. It arrived in Bordeaux on July 23, 1943 . On this 129 day long and 18,498 nm above and 763 nm underwater undertaking in the North Atlantic , South Atlantic , the island of St. Helena , off South West Africa , the Indian Ocean , Madagascar and St. Elisabeth , two ships with 14,375 GRT and one ship were sunk damaged with 6,797 GRT.

  • April 11, 1943: sinking of the American steamer James W. Denver ( Lage ) with 7,199 GRT. The steamer was sunk by five torpedoes (two missed shots). He had loaded 500 tons of sugar , planes , bulldozers , acid , flour and vehicles and was on his way from New York to Casablanca . The ship belonged to the convoy UGS.7. There was one dead and 68 survivors.
  • May 7, 1943: sinking of the American steamer Samuel Jordan Kirkwood ( location ) with 7,176 GRT. The steamer was sunk by three torpedoes (one missed shot). He drove in ballast and was on the way from Cape Town to Bahia . There were no casualties, 70 survivors.
  • May 12, 1943: Damage to the American steamer Cape Neddick with 6,797 GRT. The steamer was damaged by three torpedoes (two missed shots). He had loaded war goods. Losses unknown.

Second patrol

The boat was on 20 August 1944 by Bordeaux, and was at 15.00 in the December 28, 1944 Batavia one. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 130-day expedition to the Central and South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and Java .

Third patrol

The boat left Batavia on January 19, 1945, and returned there on March 4, 1945. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 45-day expedition into the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

Relocation trip

The boat left Batavia on March 5, 1945 and entered Surabaja on March 7, 1945 at 3 p.m. No ships were sunk or damaged on this voyage.

Whereabouts

The boat was taken over by Japan on May 6, 1945 in Surabaya on Java and put into service on July 15, 1945 as the Japanese I-506 . The German occupation was interned. After the capitulation of Japan, the boat was found on February 15, 1946 during Operation Scuppered , the sinking of the former German submarines in Asia, on the southeast coast of the island of Mandura at 6 ° 50 ′  S , 114 ° 42 ′  E , im Marine grid square KC 2236 sunk.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. 1996, p. 348.
  2. ↑ Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. 1998, p. 805.

literature

  • Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .