Attraction · Laboe · Updated on 1 November 2026.
U-995 is an attraction in Laboe, Schleswig-Holstein. This place has a story in the app. 1 of the 32 well-known points of interest nearby is within 1 km. Within 80 m you'll find a bench and a public toilet.
Story · U-995
You're standing in Laboe, just outside Kiel, right by the sea. In front of you lies a long grey shape with a tower on top. This is U-995, a German submarine from the Second World War. Behind you rises the Laboe Naval Memorial, and the boat sits right at its feet like a silent witness.
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The U-995 is a German submarine from the war. It dates from 1943 and is the last boat of its type still in existence. During the war it sank several ships, including merchant ships and a patrol ship. You will find the boat on Strandstraße in Laboe, close to Kiel. The Laboe Naval Memorial, a large naval monument, stands 128 metres away.
Outside, you see a grey, elongated boat with a tower on top. From tip to tip it is just over 67 metres long. The part where the crew lived, the pressure hull, is only about 50 metres. Look up at the tower too. This is where the anti-aircraft guns are: one larger gun and 2 smaller twin guns beside it. Inside, you walk through a narrow tube, between the torpedo tubes. There are 4 at the front and one at the back. The boat carried 14 torpedoes. You can also see the diesel engines, which allowed the boat to sail on the surface, and the electric motors for underwater travel. Between 44 and 60 men lived and worked here. Seeing it for yourself shows just how little space they had.
The U-995 was built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg and entered service with the navy in September 1943. She went to sea and took part in wolfpack attacks, groups of submarines that attacked together. After the war the boat came into British hands and then passed to another navy, which named her Kaura. When she was decommissioned, the boat was offered to the government for one symbolic mark, but the offer was refused. The Marinebond saved the boat nonetheless. In the early seventies she came to Laboe, where she was restored to her wartime condition.
Near the U-995 you can rest well and find a toilet. The nearest bench is 36 metres away, at the Strandpromenade. There are 27 benches within 500 metres, so finding a place to sit down is easy. The nearest public toilet is a 76-metre walk away, on the Strandstraße, and there are 3 public toilets within 500 metres. Drinking water is harder to find. According to our map, there is no water tap within 1 km of the U-995. Make sure you bring enough water before you set off for the U-995.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, bike pump or honesty box within 1 km.
32 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 1 of the 32 well-known points of interest nearby is within 1 km.
The U-995 is in Laboe, on Strandstraße, close to Kiel. The submarine lies directly in front of the Marine-Ehrenmal Laboe (Laboe Naval Memorial), 128 metres away.
The U-995 is just over 67 metres long from end to end. The pressure hull, the actual living area, was about 50 metres long.
The U-995 was built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg and entered service in September 1943. It then sailed from there.
The U-995 sank 6 ships, including 4 merchant ships and a patrol vessel. It also took part in wolfpacks, groups of submarines that attacked together.
Inside you can see the torpedo tubes (4 forward and 1 aft), the diesel engines for sailing on the surface, and the electric motors for underwater travel. It is the last surviving submarine of its type.
Between 44 and 60 men lived and worked on board the U-995. There were 14 torpedoes on board.
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