U-955
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 10 Apr, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 23 Feb, 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 155) | ||
| Launched | 14 Nov, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 31 Dec, 1942 | Ltnt. Hans-Heinrich Baden | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 31 Dec, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1944 5. Flottille (training) 1 Apr, 1944 - 7 Jun, 1944 9. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk on 7 June, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.13N, 08.30W by depth charges from a British Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn 201/S). 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||
Attacks on this boat
5 May, 1944
A British Sunderland aircraft (201 sqdn, pilot F/O L.H. Baveystock) was shot down by the U-boat. (Sources: http://ubootwaffe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=477)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
On 30 April, 1944 this boat landed espionage agents Ernst Fresenius, Sigurður Juliusson and Hjalti Björnsson in Iceland.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-955 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 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 Wavetops At my Wingtips, Baveystock, Leslie, 1991 |