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U-Boot U 995 & Marine-Ehrenmal

24234 Laboe, Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
Address Deutscher Marinebund e.V.
Strandstraße 92 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Military ships and submarine
  • Amateur Radio / Military & Industry Radio

Opening times
November - März: 10 - 16 Uhr; April - Oktober: 9 - 18 Uhr; 24. & 31. Dezember: 10 - 14 Uhr

Admission
Status from 04/2024
U-Boot U 995: Erwachsene € 7; Schüler, Jugendliche € 5; Familie: € 20
Marine-Ehrenmal: Erwachsene € 8; Schüler, Jugendliche € 6; Familie: € 24
Kombi-Karte: Erwachsene € 13; Schüler, Jugendliche € 9; Familie: € 36
Contact
Tel.:+49-4343-49 48 49-0  Fax:+49-4343-49 48 49-67  
eMail:vz deutscher-marinebund.de   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
deutscher-marinebund.de/marine-ehrenmal-u-995/technisches-museum-u-995
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Location / Directions
N54.412418° E10.228688°N54°24.74508' E10°13.72128'N54°24'44.7048" E10°13'43.2768"
Das Ostseebad Laboe ist eine Gemeinde im Kreis Plön in Schleswig-Holstein am Ostufer der Kieler Förde. Laboe liegt etwa zehn Kilometer nordöstlich der Landeshauptstadt Kiel.

Verkehr
Laboe wird von mehreren Buslinien erschlossen und
mehrmals täglich von den Schiffen der Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel angelaufen, die die direkte Verbindung von Kiel nach Laboe darstellen.
Laboe ist von Kiel aus direkt durch die B 502 überregional erschlossen.
Laboe ist auch an den Ostseeküsten-Radweg angeschlossen, der innerhalb des EuroVelo-Netzes einmal um die ganze Ostsee herum führt.

Some example model pages for sets you can see there:

D: Lorenz; Berlin, Lo40K39 (1937-45)
D: Telefunken Ela E1012a/b (1939?)
D: Lorenz; Berlin, UK-Marine-Tornistergerät Lo1UK35 / SE42444 (1943)
Description

History of U 995

U 995 was laid down as a type VIIc/41 U-boat on 25th November 1942 at Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, and was launched on July, 22nd. Despite damage inflicted by an allied bomb raid, the boat was commissioned on September 16th, 1943 with Oberleutnant (Lieutenant Junior Grade) Walter Köhntopp in command.

From September 16th, 1943, to May 31st, 1944, U 995 belonged to the 5th submarine flotilla (5. U-Boot-Flottille) in Kiel, Germany. During this time the submarine and it's crew underwent extensive operational training. On May 21st, 1944, U995 was attacked by a Canadian Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn OTU 4/S) with 5 men of the crew being wounded. Texture from deutscher-marinebund.de:

After completion of training, U 995 was transferred on June 1st, 1944, as a front boat to the 13th submarine flotilla (13. U-Boot-Flottille) inTrondheim, Norway, to fight the allied convoys, that supplied the Soviet Union with arms, ammunition and other ordnance. On October 10th, 1944 Oberleutnant (Lieutenant Junior Grade) Hans-Georg Hess became new commanding officer (CO) of U995, which was transferred on March 1st, 1945, to the 14th submarine flotilla (14. U-Boot-Flottille) in Narvik, Norway. During her term of service, U995 conducted nine patrols, during which the boat sunk a total of two merchant ships, one Soviet patrol craft, one Soviet auxiliary mine sweeper and one Soviet motorboat.

At the time of the German capitulation on May, 8th, 1945, U995 was moored at Trondheim, Norway, to be equipped with a snorkel. The boat was not scuttled or destroyed by the crew, but surrendered to the British and eventually transferred into Norwegian ownership in October 1948.

In December 1952 ex-U 995 was recommissioned by the Norwegian Royal Navy under the new name “Kaura” (NATO-identification number S 309). In 1962 the submarine was finally decommissioned. Instead of being broken up, it was decided by the Norwegian government to give back ex-U995 to the Federal Republic of Germany (Western Germany) as a token of regained friendship after the bitter experience of the German occupation from 1940 to 1945.

In 1965 the submarine was transferred to Kiel, where it was re-named U995 and re-converted to it's war-time appearance and eventually became a museum ship at Laboe in front of the German Naval Memorial in March 1972.
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