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 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.
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