U-955

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down 23 Feb 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 155)
Launched14 Nov 1942
Commissioned31 Dec 1942Ltnt. Hans-Heinrich Baden
Commanders
31 Dec 1942 - 7 Jun 1944  Oblt. Hans-Heinrich Baden
Career1 patrol 31 Dec 1942 - 31 Mar 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1944 - 7 Jun 1944  9. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo 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).

View the 1 war patrol

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 attack on this boat.

General notes on this boat

30 Apr 1944. 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.



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 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.