German submarine U-795
German World War II submarine
History Nazi Germany Name U-795 Ordered 7 August 1942[ 1] Builder Germaniawerft , Kiel Yard number 719 Laid down 2 February 1943[ 1] Launched 21 March 1944[ 1] Commissioned 22 April 1944[ 1] Decommissioned 22 February 1945[ 1] Fate Scuttled on 3 May 1945, later broken up [ 1] General characteristics [ 2] [ 3] Class and type Type XVIIA submarine Displacement
236 long tons (240 t ) surfaced
259 long tons (263 t) submerged
312 long tons (317 t) total
Length 36.60 m (120 ft 1 in) o/a Beam Draught 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in) Propulsion Speed
9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced
5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged (electric drive)
25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged (HTP drive)
Range
1,840 nmi (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced
76 nmi (141 km; 87 mi) at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged (electric drive)
117 nmi (217 km; 135 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged (HTP drive)
Complement 12 Armament
Service record[ 1]
Part of:
Identification codes:
M 53 834 Commanders:
Oblt.z.S. 22 April 1944 – 3 May 1945
Operations:
None Victories:
None
German submarine U-795 was a Type XVIIA U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine World War II .
U-795 was laid down on 2 February 1943 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel . Commissioned on 21 March 1944, the U-boat was commissioned on 22 April 1944 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See 8th U-boat Flotilla until 15 February as a training boat, and then with 5th U-boat Flotilla until 3 May 1945.
On 3 May 1945, while in dry dock at Kiel, the engine room was destroyed with explosives to prevent its usefulness to the enemy if captured.
References
^ a b c d e f g Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type XVIIA boat U-795" . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . Retrieved 22 December 2009 . ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Type XVIIA Walter boats" . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . Retrieved 21 December 2009 . ^ "This page contains details on the German U-Boat Type III, Type IV, Type V, Type VI, Type VIII, Type XI, Type XII, Type XIII, XV, XVI, VB60, V80, U-179, XVII" . sharkhunters.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2009 .
Bibliography
Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary . Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6 Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945 ] (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 Gröner, Eric; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels ISBN 0-85177-593-4
External links
Type XVIIA Type XVIIB
U-1405 U-1406 U-1407 U-1408 X U-1409 X U-1410 X U-1411 † U-1412 † U-1413 † U-1414 † U-1415 † U-1416 †
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1945
Shipwrecks
1 May: Argo TA 43 U-3006 U-3009 2 May: Admiral Hipper USS Thornton , U-8 U-14 U-60 U-61 U-62 U-71 U-72 U-120 U-121 U-137 U-139 U-140 U-141 U-142 U-146 U-148 U-151 U-152 U-316 U-552 U-554 U-612 U-717 U-929 U-1007 U-1308 U-2327 U-2359 U-2510 U-2526 U-2527 U-2528 U-2531 U-3002 U-3016 U-3018 U-3019 U-3020 U-3021 U-3504 U-3516 U-3517 U-3521 U-3522 3 May: Arcona Cap Arcona Deutschland Emden USS Lagarto , USS Little , USS LSM(R)-195 , Medusa Nordland Schlesien TA22 Thielbek UA UB UD-1 UD-2 UD-3 UD-4 U-48 U-52 U-57 U-58 U-59 U-101 U-328 U-339 U-428 U-446 U-475 U-560 U-704 U-708 U-747 U-748 U-795 U-822 U-828 U-876 U-903 U-922 U-924 U-958 U-1166 U-1170 U-1192 U-1196 U-1201 U-1205 U-1210 U-1227 U-1275 U-2330 U-2332 U-2355 U-2371 U-2501 U-2503 U-2504 U-2508 U-2512 U-2519 U-2520 U-2521 U-2524 U-2533 U-2534 U-2535 U-2536 U-2539 U-2543 U-2545 U-2546 U-2548 U-2552 U-3001 U-3005 U-3010 U-3011 U-3012 U-3013 U-3014 U-3023 U-3024 U-3025 U-3026 U-3027 U-3028 U-3029 U-3031 U-3032 U-3037 U-3038 U-3039 U-3040 U-3507 U-3509 U-3511 U-3513 U-3518 U-3525 U-3530 U-4705 U-4712 Z43 4 May: USS LSM(R)-190 , USS LSM(R)-194 , USS Luce , USS Morrison , Orion USS PGM-17 , U-30 U-46 U-267 U-393 U-711 U-721 U-792 U-793 U-904 U-1132 U-1161 U-1168 U-1303 U-1304 U-2338 U-2540 U-3033 U-3034 U-4709 U-4711 5 May: T36 U-17 U-38 U-236 U-290 U-349 U-351 U-370 U-397 U-534 U-579 U-733 U-746 U-750 U-794 U-827 U-999 U-1008 U-1016 U-1025 U-1056 U-1162 U-1193 U-1204 U-1207 U-1223 U-1234 U-1306 U-1405 U-2333 U-2339 U-2343 U-2346 U-2347 U-2349 U-2352 U-2357 U-2358 U-2360 U-2362 U-2364 U-2366 U-2367 U-2368 U-2369 U-2507 U-2517 U-2522 U-2525 U-2541 U-2544 U-2551 U-3015 U-3022 U-3044 U-3501 U-3510 U-3524 U-3526 U-3527 U-3528 U-3529 U-4701 U-4702 U-4703 U-4704 U-4707 U-4710 6 May: U-853 U-881 U-3523 7 May: Avondale Park Sneland I U-1407 8 May: U-37 U-320 U-382 U-2365 U-2538 U-3030 U-3503 16 May: Haguro Hatsutaka U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007 , U-979 25 May: USS Bates , USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru 31 May: I-361 Uzbekistan Other incidents
