Comments on: U995

By: André

André — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:25:53 +0000

Opening times and fees are listed here (in German):
http://www.deutscher-marinebund.de/preise_zeiten_me.htm

That is 1st of November till 31rd of March from 9:30 to 16:00 daily,
1st of April till 31rd October from 09:30 to 18:00 daily.

Fees are €4 for grown ups and €2.80 for kids/students (U-boat only).

Also check out http://www.deutscher-marinebund.de/u995_geschichte_english.htm with panoramic views of control center and engine room.

By: mike smith

mike smith — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:00:52 +0000

would love to visit the u995 do you know if you have to book a tour of the u-boat ,is there a charge or is it just a donashion and what are the opening times.Thanks for any help you can provied. mike

By: The U-995 at Laboe. - World War 2 Talk

The U-995 at Laboe. - World War 2 Talk — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:47:14 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:07:14 +0000

Holly – I don’t know how much information you have about Lft. Roloff. From searches on the web it looks like he was on U669, which was listed as missing (in the Bay of Biscay) on 8th September 1943. This link might help:
http://www.ubootwaffe.net/crews/crews.cgi?uquery=1;boatnum=669
Although its loss is not explained there, it is given elsewhere as:
“‘U-669′ was sunk in the Bay of Biscay northwest of Cape Ortegal, Spain, by depth charges from a Canadian aircraft (RCAF-Sqn. 407). ”
That info is given here:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww2-general/day-war-europe-65-years-ago-6116-63.html
(message #935).
The date of the sinking is given as the 7th of September. I suppose that was when he died. Given the location, perhaps the boat was making her way back via the Spanish coastline.

Information for RCAF407 is given here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._407_Squadron_RCAF
Judging by the dates, it looks as though the aircraft would have been a Vickers Wellington. Actually that would have been a British aircraft crewed by a unit from the Royal Canadian Air Force, serving with RAF Coastal Command.

I regret that I do not know of any personal memorials.

By: Holly Marshall

Holly Marshall — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:42:49 +0000

I don’t know if you can help me, I am trying to locate information for a close friend of mine. Her fiancee was killed on September 8th, 1943 on a German U-boat. His name for Lft. Rudolf Roloff. Do you have any idea where I would be able to find out if there are any specific memorials that might detail him personally? Any information that you may have would be really useful to us. Many thanks Holly Marshall

By: U-boat pics - World War 2 Talk

U-boat pics - World War 2 Talk — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:41:27 +0000

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By: Calum Davidson

Calum Davidson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:58:42 +0000

Couple of points – you have the wrong country when you say she visited England as part of a Nato exercise in 1962 – in fact it was Scotland (the country where all her sisters who surrendered to the Royal Navy ended up in April and May 45).

She also visited the small Scottish town of Lerwick – in the Shetland Islands – in 1965, on her very last voyage as a military vessel, where I as a very small boy was taken aboard her for a visit (by my Dad who had spend an uncomfortable few weeks in 1945 dodging U-Boats in his aircraft carrier on route from Scotland to the far East for the war against Japan).

I remember the smells of diesel, the very cramped conditions, and the rows of sub-machine guns on the walls of the conning tower!

I had no idea that she still existed, I must try and see if I can arrange a vist next time I’m in Northern Germany.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:29:02 +0000

Interesting read of a famous U-boat, even if it wasn’t one of the most succesful ones.

One note however: Your narrative does not state that this U-Boat was not a standard VIIC but a improved VIIC/41 with higher crush depth and different conning tower and flak armament.

My fifty cents to an otherwise accurate and interesting read…

Richard