German submarine U-1195 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.
Her keel was laid down 6 February 1943, by F. Schichau, of Danzig. She was commissioned 4 November 1943.
Design German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-1195 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 Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8–27 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat 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, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . U-1195 was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one SK C/35 naval gun, (220 rounds), one Flak M42 and two twin C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.
Service history Under the command of Ernst Cordes, she sank the Liberty Ship John R. Park. on 21 March 1945. Another account suggests the ship sunk was the Dive South Cornwall, wreck of JEL, p43, Richard Larn, though this sinking is usually credited to .James Egan Layne at uboat.net; retrieved 21 July 2020
U-1195 attacked Convoy VWP 16 in the English Channel, sinking the troop transport Dive Wight and Hampshire, Martin Pritchard and Kendal McDonald, on 6 April 1945. She was sunk by one of the convoys escorts, the Royal Navy destroyer , using a Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar on 7 April 1945 to the southeast of the Isle of Wight at (WGS84) in 30 metres (98 feet) of water. Fifty crew members were alive when she sank; however, only 14 survived. Kemp reports the crew had to make a risky underwater escape from the wrecked vessel.Kemp p245
Summary of raiding history DateShip NameNationalityTonnage (GRT)Fate21 March 1945John R. Park7,194Sunk6 April 1945Cuba11,420Sunk
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