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| U-195 | Type IXD1 |
| Feldpost Number | M 49 317 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen |
| Yard Number | 1041 |
| Ordered | 4th Nov 1940 |
| Keel laid | 15th May 1941 |
| Launched | 8th Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 5th Sep 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | 6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 09.42 - 03.43 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 04.43 - 09.43 | 12.U-Flottille, Bordeaux
Frontboot (operational)
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| Decommissioned
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| 05.44 - 09.44 | 12.U-Flottille, Bordeaux
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.44 - 05.45 | 33.U-Flottille, Penang & Batavia
Frontboot-Versuchboot (supply boat)
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| Commanders | | 09.42 - 10.43 | KL Heinz Buchholz
see also: U-24 U-15 U-177 |
| 04.44 - 05.45 | OL Friedrich Steinfeldt
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| Operations information for U-195 | 20.03.1943 - 23.07.1943
First Sailing - active patrol
U-195 left Kiel under the command of Heinz Buchholz on 20th Mar 1943 and arrived at Bordeaux on 23rd Jul 1943 after nearly eighteen weeks.
Heinz Buchholz hit three ships on this patrol, one was from convoy UGS-7.-
On 11th Apr 1943 he sank the American 7,200 ton James W Denver, sailing with convoy UGS-7.
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On 7th May 1943 he sank the American 7,191 ton Samuel Jordan Kirkwood.
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On 12th May 1943 he damaged the American 6,797 ton Cape Neddick.
| 24.08.1944 - 28.12.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 24th Aug 1944, U-195 left Bordeaux under the command of Friedrich Steinfeldt and after eighteen weeks arrived at Batavia on 28th Dec 1944.
| 19.01.1945 - 04.03.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-195 departed under Friedrich Steinfeldt from Batavia on 19th Jan 1945 and arrived back at Batavia on 4th Mar 1945 after over six weeks on patrol.
| 05.03.1945 - 07.03.1945
Fourth Sailing
U-195 left Batavia under the command of Friedrich Steinfeldt on 5th Mar 1945 and after two days arrived at Soerabaja on 7th Mar 1945.
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