German submarine U-95 (1940)

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-95
Ordered	30 May 1938
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	600
Laid down	16 September 1939
Launched	18 July 1940
Commissioned	31 August 1940
Fate	Sunk by a Dutch submarine on 28 November 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 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
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
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) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 x 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA gun
Service record
Part of:	7th U-boat Flotilla 31 August 1940 – 28 November 1941
Identification codes:	M 13 550
Commanders:	Kptlt. Gerd Schreiber 31 August 1940 – 28 November 1941
Operations:	7 patrols: 1st patrol: 20 November – 6 December 1940 2nd patrol: 16 December 1940 – 14 January 1941 3rd patrol: 16 February – 19 March 1941 4th patrol: 12 April – 13 May 1941 5th patrol: 30 June – 31 July 1941 6th patrol: 21 August – 20 September 1941 7th patrol: 19–28 November 1941
Victories:	8 merchant ships sunk (28,415 GRT) 4 merchant ships damaged (27,916 GRT)

German submarine U-95 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 16 September 1939 by Germaniawerft at Kiel as yard number 600 and commissioned on 31 August 1940. In seven patrols, she sank eight ships for a total of 28,415 gross register tons (GRT) and damaged four other vessels for a total of 27,916 GRT.

U-95 was sunk by a torpedo from the Dutch submarine HNLMS O 21 on 28 November 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea.