SM U-95
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 German Empire |
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| Name: | U-95 |
| Ordered: | 15 September 1915 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 259 |
| Laid down: | 29 March 1916 |
| Launched: | 20 January 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 29 April 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk by unknown cause off Hardelot, France in the second half of January, 1918. 36 dead (all hands lost). |
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| Class & type: | German Type U 93 submarine |
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| Height: | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 3.94 m (12 ft 11 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers |
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| Test depth: | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 32 enlisted |
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| Operations: | 6 patrols |
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SM U-95 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-95 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. She sank by unknown causes off Hardelot, France, in the second half of January 1918.[3]
Design
German Type U 93 submarines were preceded by the shorter Type U 87 submarines. U-95 had a displacement of 838 tonnes (825 long tons) when at the surface and 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons) while submerged.[1] It had a total length of 234 ft 9 in (71.55 m), a pressure hull length of 183 ft 11 in (56.06 m), a beam of 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m), and a draught of 12 ft 11 in (3.94 m). The submarine was powered by two 2,400 metric horsepower (1,800 kW; 2,400 shp) engines for use while surfaced, and two 1,200 metric horsepower (880 kW; 1,200 shp) engines for use while submerged. It had two propeller shafts and two 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers. It was capable of operating at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft).[1]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 8.6 knots (15.9 km/h; 9.9 mph).[1] When submerged, it could operate for 52 nautical miles (96 km; 60 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph); when surfaced, it could travel 9,020 nautical miles (16,710 km; 10,380 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). U-95 was fitted with six 50 centimetres (20 in) torpedo tubes (four at the bow and two at the stern), twelve to sixteen torpedoes, and one 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) deck machine gun. It had a complement of thirty-six (thirty-two crew members and four officers).[1]
Summary of raiding career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[4] |
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| 3 June 1917 | Hollington |  United Kingdom |
4,221 | Sunk |
| 12 June 1917 | Polyxena | United Kingdom |
5,737 | Sunk |
| 24 July 1917 | Bellville |  Sweden |
992 | Damaged |
| 27 July 1917 | Belle of England | United Kingdom |
3,877 | Sunk |
| 29 July 1917 | Whitehall | United Kingdom |
3,158 | Sunk |
| 30 July 1917 | Eolo |  Kingdom of Italy |
1,679 | Sunk |
| 31 July 1917 | Beacon Grange | United Kingdom |
4,237 | Damaged |
| 3 September 1917 | Majoren |  Norway |
2,747 | Sunk |
| 2 November 1917 | Rochester |  United States |
2,551 | Sunk |
| 10 November 1917 | Lapwing | United Kingdom |
110 | Sunk |
| 11 November 1917 | HMT Thuringia |  Royal Navy |
297 | Sunk |
| 13 November 1917 | Ardmore | United Kingdom |
1,304 | Sunk |
| 13 November 1917 | Carlo | United Kingdom |
3,040 | Sunk |
| 31 December 1917 | Vigrid | Norway |
1,617 | Sunk |
| 2 January 1918 | Kingsley | United Kingdom |
633 | Damaged |
| 2 January 1918 | Christos Markettos | Kingdom of Italy |
3,084 | Sunk |
| 2 January 1918 | Gallier | United Kingdom |
4,592 | Sunk |
References
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