U-995

U-995 is a German Type VIIC/41 submarine preserved in Laboe, a coastal town in Schleswig-Holstein. The vessel measures 67 meters long and features five torpedo tubes along with original military equipment from the Second World War.

Blohm & Voss shipyards in Hamburg built the vessel in 1943 and sent it on nine patrols in the North Sea and North Atlantic. After the war ended, the German Navy handed the boat to the Norwegian Navy, which operated it until 1965.

The submarine sits beside the Laboe Naval Memorial and draws school groups and families interested in how sailors lived during wartime at sea. Visitors often walk through the narrow spaces to understand what daily life felt like for the men who worked in such tight conditions.

Visitors walk through the low passages and chambers of the boat, where you need to duck and move carefully. A tour takes around 45 minutes and shows spaces like the command center and the crew sleeping quarters.

The boat is the only surviving Type VII submarine in the world, the most common class of German submarines built during the Second World War. Norway returned it to Germany in 1965 after using it for two decades as a training vessel.

Location: Plön District

Address: Strandstraße 92, 24235 Laboe

Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00-17:30

Phone: +49434349484962

Email: vz@deutscher-marinebund.de

Website: https://deutscher-marinebund.de/marine-ehrenmal-u-995/technisches-museum-u-995

GPS coordinates: 54.41250,10.22890

Latest update: December 12, 2025 17:56