U-1195

U-1195 attacked Convoy VWP 16 in the English Channel, sinking the troop transport Cuba on 6 April 1945.

She was then chased and sunk by one of the convoy’s escorts, the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Watchman, using a Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar on 7 April 1945 to the southeast of the Isle of Wight at 50°33′22.26″N 0°56′17.81″W (WGS84) and rests at 30 metres (98 feet) of water.

The crew comprising of fifty members were alive when she sank: however, only 14 survived. It is reported that the crew had to make a risky underwater escape from the wrecked vessel.

• www.chippenhamdivers.co.uk/lookup/sfx_3_55.htm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-1195