SM U-95

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-95.
History
German Empire
NameU-95
Ordered15 September 1915
BuilderGermaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number259
Laid down29 March 1916
Launched20 January 1917
Commissioned29 April 1917
FateRammed and sunk by the steamship SS Breaneil off the Lizard Peninsula on 7 January 1918[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeType U 93 submarine
Displacement
  • 838 t (825 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,000 t (980 long tons) submerged
Length
Beam
  • 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) (o/a)
  • 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) (pressure hull)
Height8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught3.94 m (12 ft 11 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced
  • 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 × 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers
Speed
  • 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) surfaced
  • 8.6 knots (15.9 km/h; 9.9 mph) submerged
Range
  • 9,020 nmi (16,710 km; 10,380 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 52 nmi (96 km; 60 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • IV Flotilla
  • 24 May 1917 – 16 January 1918
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Athalwin Prinz[3]
  • 15 April 1917 – 16 January 1918
Operations: 6 patrols
Victories:
  • 13 merchant ships sunk
    (37,717 GRT)
  • 1 auxiliary warship sunk
    (297 GRT)
  • 3 merchant ships damaged
    (5,862 GRT)

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 was rammed and sunk by the steamship SS Breaneil off the Lizard Peninsula on 7 January 1918. The wreck was found and identified by archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2006.[4]

  1. ^ Innes McCartney (2015). The Maritime Archaeology of a Modern Conflict: Comparing the Archaeology of German Submarine Wrecks to the Historical Text. New York: Routledge. pp. 107–11. ISBN 978-1138814356.
  2. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 12–14.
  3. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Athalwin Prinz". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ Innes McCartney (2015). The Maritime Archaeology of a Modern Conflict: Comparing the Archaeology of German Submarine Wrecks to the Historical Text. New York: Routledge. pp. 107–11. ISBN 978-1138814356.