German submarine U-1195


German submarine U-1195 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.
Her keel was laid down 6 February 1943, by F. Schichau, of Danzig. She was commissioned 4 November 1943.

Design

were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-1195 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of, a pressure hull length of, a beam of, a height of, and a draught of. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8–27 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to.
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of. When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at. U-1195 was fitted with five torpedo tubes, fourteen torpedoes, one SK C/35 naval gun,, one Flak M42 and two twin C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.

Service history

Under the command of Ernst Cordes, she sank the Liberty Ship John R. Park. on 21 March 1945. Another account suggests the ship sunk was the though this sinking is usually credited to.
U-1195 attacked Convoy VWP 16 in the English Channel, sinking the troop transport on 6 April 1945. She was sunk by one of the convoys escorts, the Royal Navy destroyer, using a Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar on 7 April 1945 to the southeast of the Isle of Wight at in 30 metres of water. Fifty crew members were alive when she sank; however, only 14 survived. Kemp reports the crew had to make a risky underwater escape from the wrecked vessel.

Summary of raiding history

DateShip NameNationalityTonnage Fate
21 March 1945John R. Park7,194Sunk
6 April 1945Cuba11,420Sunk