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Album: German Submarines
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Date: 2010-04-07 13:43:30
Tags: Germany, Laboe, Submarines, Type VII, U 995

Main Dimensions
Length: 62.2 m
Width: 6.2 m
Draft: 4.8 m
Height: 9.6 m
Pressure Hull: 4.7 m Ø
Pressure Hull Strength: 20.5 mm

Displacement
surfaced: 759 m³
submerged: 1070 m³

Crew
4 Officers
4 Master Seargants
10 non-commissioned officer
27 to 34 enlisted personnel

Armament
4 front torpedo tubes
1 rear torpedo tube
12 torpedoes or 26 to 39 mines
1 x 3.7 cm Anti-air gun
2 x 2.0 cm Anti-air guns

Propulsion
2 MAN 6 cylinder diesel, 1400 hp each
2 BBC electric engines, 375 hp each
2 batteries, 9160 Ah

Performance
surfaced: 17.0 kn
submerged: 7.6 kn
(1 knot = 1.852 km/h)

Range
surfaced: 10,000 nm at 7 kn
submerged: 130 nm at 2 kn

Fuel oil supply: 113.5 t

Facts
* Given to Great Britain after the war
* 1952 transfer to the norwegian navy; used until 1962 as school boat
* 1962 transferred back to Germany

Was transferred back to the state of May 1945 in Kiel. Exhibited at the beach of Laboe as "Technology Museum" since February 13, 1972.