U-195

Type

IXD1

 
Ordered4 Nov 1940
Laid down 15 May 1941 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1041)
Launched8 Apr 1942
Commissioned5 Sep 1942Kptlt. Heinz Buchholz
Commanders
5 Sep 1942 - 17 Oct 1943  KrvKpt. Heinz Buchholz
16 Apr 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Friedrich Steinfeldt
Career3 patrols 5 Sep 1942 - 31 Mar 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1943 - 1 Sep 1943  12. Flottille (front boat)
1 May 1944 - 30 Sep 1944  12. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
Successes2 ships sunk for a total of 14,391 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 6,797 GRT
Fate

Taken over by Japan at Surabaja, Indonesia in May 1945 and became the Japanese submarine I 506 on 15 Jul 1945. Surrendered at Djakarta in August 1945. Broken up in 1947.

See the 3 ships hit by U-195 - View the 3 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

20 Jul 1943
One man was lost during an air attack in the Bay of Biscay. [Matrosenobergefreiter Arthur List]

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

20 Jul 1943
One man was lost during an air attack in the Bay of Biscay. [Matrosenobergefreiter Arthur List]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -


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U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Adventures. Wiggins, Melanie, 1999.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.