SM U-95 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-95 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. She was rammed and sunk by the steamship SS Breaneil off the Lizard Peninsula on 7 January 1918. The wreck was found and identified by archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2006.
Design Type U 93 submarines were preceded by the shorter Type U 87 submarines. U-95 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two engines for use while surfaced, and two engines for use while submerged. She had two propeller shafts. She was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . U-95 was fitted with six torpedo tubes (four at the bow and two at the stern), twelve to sixteen torpedoes, and one SK L/30 deck gun. She had a complement of thirty-six (thirty-two crew members and four officers).
Summary of raiding history DateNameNationalityTonnageMerchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.Fate3 June 1917Hollington4,221Sunk12 June 1917Polyxena5,737Sunk24 July 1917Bellville992Damaged27 July 1917Belle of England3,877Sunk29 July 1917Whitehall3,158Sunk30 July 1917Eolo1,679Sunk31 July 1917Beacon Grange4,237Damaged3 September 1917Majoren2,747Sunk2 November 1917Rochester2,551Sunk10 November 1917Lapwing110Sunk11 November 1917HMT Thuringia297Sunk13 November 1917Ardmore1,304Sunk13 November 1917Carlo3,040Sunk31 December 1917Vigrid1,617Sunk2 January 1918Kingsley633Damaged2 January 1918Christos Markettos3,084Sunk2 January 1918Gallier4,592Sunk
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography