List of all U-boats
U-195
Type | IXD1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 4 Nov 1940 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 15 May 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1041) | ||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 8 Apr 1942 | |||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 Sep 1942 | Kptlt. Heinz Buchholz | ||||||||||||||||
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 14,391 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 6,797 GRT | |||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Taken over by Japan at Surabaya, Indonesia on 5 May 1945 and became the Japanese submarine I 506 on 15 Jul 1945. | |||||||||||||||||
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Surrendered at Surabaya in August 1945. Scuttled by the Royal Navy in the Bali Sea, east of Kangean Island, on 15 February 1946, possibly by the cruiser HMS Sussex.
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 -
U-boat Emblems
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