U 95 (Navy)

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U 95 (Kriegsmarine)
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Type : VII C
Field Post Number : M 13 550
Shipyard: Germania shipyard , Kiel
Construction contract: May 30, 1938
Build number: 600
Keel laying: September 16, 1939
Launch: July 18, 1940
Commissioning: August 31, 1940
Commanders:

August 31, 1940 - November 28, 1941
Lieutenant Gerd Schreiber

Calls: 7 activities
Sinkings:

8 ships (28,415 GRT)

Whereabouts: Sunk in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Almería on November 28, 1941 (35 dead, 12 prisoners of war)

U 95 was a German submarine of type VIIC that in World War II by the German navy was used. It was sunk on November 28, 1941 by the Dutch submarine O 21 , with 35 crew members dying and 12 prisoners of war of the Dutch, including the commander Gerd Schreiber.

history

The order for the boat was awarded to the Germania shipyard in Kiel on May 30, 1938 . The keel was laid on September 16, 1939, the launch on July 18, 1940, the commissioning under Lieutenant Gerd Schreiber finally took place on August 31, 1940. Like many German submarines of that time, the U 95 also had a boat-specific logo that was selected by the crew: a frog with an umbrella on a chair over troubled water.

After its commissioning on August 31, 1940, until its sinking on November 28, 1941, the boat was part of the 7th U-Flotilla as a training and front boat, first in Kiel and then in St. Nazaire .

Use statistics

Commander Schreiber ran out of U 95 for seven operations during his service, on which he sank eight ships with a total tonnage of 28,415 GRT and damaged four ships with a total tonnage of 27,916 GRT.

First venture

The boat was launched on 20 November 1940 at 8.15 am from Kiel and expired on December 6, 1940 at 14.00 in Lorient one. On this 15-day and approx. 3,100 nm above and 124 nm underwater expedition into the North Atlantic , a ship with 1,860 GRT was sunk and two ships with 9,674 GRT were damaged.

  • November 28, 1940: Damage to the Norwegian steamer Ringhorn with 1,298 GRT. The steamer was damaged by artillery. He had coal loaded and was on his way from Port Talbot to Saint John . It was sunk by U 52 on February 4, 1941 .
  • December 2, 1940: Damage to the British tanker Conch with 8,376 GRT. The tanker was damaged by three torpedoes. He had loaded 11,214 t of heating oil and was on the way from Trinidad via Bermuda to the Clyde . It was sunk by U 99 on the same day . The ship was a straggler of the convoy Konvoi HX-90 .

Second venture

The boat left Lorient on December 16, 1940 at 5:10 p.m. and returned there on January 14, 1941 at 4:30 p.m. A ship with 12,823 GRT was damaged on this 29-day-long and approx. 5,150 nm above and 245 nm underwater venture into the North Atlantic and west of the North Canal .

  • December 26, 1940: Damage to the British motor ship Waiotira with 12,823 GRT. The ship was damaged by two torpedoes. It had loaded 7,000 t of general cargo and was on its way from Sydney via Panama to Great Britain. It was sunk by U 38 on December 27, 1940 .

Third company

The boat left Lorient on February 16, 1941 at 6:30 p.m. and entered St. Nazaire on March 19, 1941 at 6:30 p.m. On this 31-day and approximately 5,790 nm above and 174 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic, west of Ireland , five ships with 23,880 GRT were sunk.

  • February 24, 1941: sinking of the British steamer Cape Nelson ( Lage ) with 3,807 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He was ballasted and on his way from Hull to New York. The ship belonged to convoy OB-288 with 46 ships. There were four dead and 34 survivors.
  • February 24, 1941: sinking of the British steamer Temple Moat ( Lage ) with 4,427 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded 6,130 tons of coal and was on his way from Blyth to Buenos Aires . The ship was a straggler of convoy OB-288. It was a total loss with 42 dead.
  • February 24, 1941: sinking of the British steamer Marslew ( Lage ) with 4,542 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded 6,000 tons of general cargo and was on his way from Glasgow and Liverpool to Montevideo . The ship belonged to the disbanded convoy OB-288. There were 13 dead and 23 survivors.
  • March 2, 1941: sinking of the British steamer Pacific with 6,034 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded 9,000 tons of steel and scrap and was on his way from New York via Halifax (Nova Scotia) to Grangemouth . The ship belonged to convoy HX-109. There were 34 dead and one survivor.
  • March 5, 1941: sinking of the Swedish motor ship Murjek with 5,070 GRT. The ship was sunk by three torpedoes. It had an unknown cargo and was also on the way Santos via Freetown to Gothenburg . It was a total loss with 31 dead.

Fourth venture

The boat left St. Nazaire on April 12, 1941 at 5:30 p.m. and returned there on May 13, 1941 at 8:30 a.m. A ship with 4,873 GRT was sunk on this 31-day, 6,202 nm above and 183 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic, southwest of Iceland.

  • May 30, 1941: sinking of the Norwegian motor ship Taranger with 4,873 GRT. The ship was sunk by two torpedoes. It was ballasted and on its way from Liverpool to Los Angeles . There were two dead and 32 survivors.

Fifth venture

The boat left St. Nazaire on June 30, 1941 and returned to St. Nazaire on July 31, 1941 at 1:00 p.m. On this 32-day, approximately 6,300 nm over and 130 nm underwater expedition in the Central Atlantic and the In the North Atlantic, a ship with 5,419 GRT was damaged.

  • July 20, 1941: Damage to the British motor ship Palma with 5,419 GRT. The ship was damaged by artillery fire. It was sunk by U 183 on February 29, 1944 .

Sixth venture

The boat left St. Nazaire on August 21, 1941 at 4.30 p.m. and entered Lorient on September 20, 1941 at 9.35 a.m. On this 30 day long and about 5,400 nm above and 135 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic, southwest of Ireland, a ship with 434 GRT was sunk. U 95 belonged to the group with the code name "Bosemüller".

  • September 6, 1941: sinking of the Panamanian motor ship Trinidad with 434 GRT. The ship was sunk by artillery. It had loaded port and cork and was on its way from Lisbon to Dublin . There were no casualties, 10 survivors.

Seventh venture

The boat left Lorient on November 19, 1941 at 5:30 p.m. and was sunk on November 28, 1941. No ships were sunk or damaged on this nine-day undertaking, which passed the Strait of Gibraltar on November 26, 1941 and operated in the Mediterranean Sea off Gibraltar .

Whereabouts

The Dutch deliver their prisoners from U 95 in Gibraltar

Commander Schreiber was ordered to transfer U 95 from Lorient in France to operations in the Mediterranean on November 22, 1941 . The boat passed Gibraltar on November 26th. On November 28 at 12:50 a.m., U 95 was hit by a torpedo from the Dutch submarine O 21 under the command of Johannes Frans van Dulm in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Almería at position 36 ° 24 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  W im Marine grid reference CH 7435 hit and sunk. 35 crew members were killed, while twelve - including the commander, three other officers and a war correspondent - were taken by van Dulms men as prisoners of war on board their submarine and handed over to the British in Gibraltar. Schreiber had called the war correspondent to the tower to make him witness the sinking of an enemy submarine, but O 21 got ahead of him with his torpedoes. Van Dulm received the British Distinguished Service Order for the sinking of U 95 . Schreiber and the commander of U 433 , Hans Ey , were initially able to flee in Gibraltar, but were caught again before the Spanish border and immediately sent to London .

U 95 did not lose any crew members during its service before the sinking.

literature

  • Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 1: The Hunters. 1939-1942. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X .
  • 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 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
  • Erich Gröner : Die Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 and supplement 1944. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4 (reprint of the 1942–1943 edition).
  • Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names (= The merchant fleets of the world. Supplementary volume). JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2 (reprint of the 1943 edition).
  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , page 54
  2. ^ MV Trinidad, on www.wrecksite.eu