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Nazi Germany
Ordered: 14 October 1941
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number: 195
Laid down: 25 November 1942
Launched: 22 July 1943
Commissioned: 16 September 1943
Fate: Surrendered
Norway
Name: Kaura
Acquired: October 1948
Commissioned: December 1952
Decommissioned: 1965
Status: Museum ship at Laboe Naval Memorial
General characteristics
Class and type: Type VIIC/41 submarine
Displacement:

759 tonnes (747 long tons) surfaced
860 t (846 long tons) submerged

Length:

67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a
50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull

Beam:

6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a
4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull

Draught: 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power:

2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels)
750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)

Propulsion:

2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors

Speed:

17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced
7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged

Range:

8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged

Test depth:

230 m (750 ft)
Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)

Complement: 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament:

5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
14 × torpedoes
1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds)

Service record
Part of:

Kriegsmarine 5th U-boat Flotilla (Training), 16 September 1943 – 31 May 1944
13th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat), 1 June 1944 – 28 February 1945
14th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat), 1 March–8 May 1945

Identification codes: M 55 095
Commanders:

Kptlt. Walter Köhntopp, 19 September 1943 – 9 October 1944
Oblt.z.S. Hans-Georg Hess, 10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

Operations: 9 patrols
Victories:

3 ships sunk for 1,560 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for 633 GRT
1 warship sunk for 105 tons
1 ship a total loss for 7,176 GRT