Nummer: 21016


Area : Arctic Ocean
Sea area : North Norway
Date of attack : 29.12.1944
Time of attack : 15:15
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 995
Commander : Hess
Grid : AW 2297
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 2000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : KB.37
Date of observation : 29.12.1944
Time of observation : 17:22
Nationality of target : Soviet
Actual type of target : Armed Trawler
Name of target : T-883/No.37 ex RT-45
Year of launch : 1931
Actual tonnage : 633 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : Svyatoi Nos.
Footnote : U-995 observed a hit and a steamer exploding, only the bow later seen. The ship was sunk in 90 sec. Prisoners of War told the ship's name were "Som", an armed trawler. According to other sources RT-52 Som survived the war and was probably not the claimed target (A. Golubev)


Armed Trawler T-883/No.37 ex RT-45 ex Soviet Trawler, Drifter Dvina (bis 1941)
Convoy : KB.37
Route of convoy : Kola Fjord - White Sea (soviet)
Remark to convoy : Since Sommer 1941, annual new numbering (counter traffic = BK)