U-195 and U-196
U-195 and U-196
What happened to the crew members of U-195 and U-196?
U195
type IX D 1, builder AG Weser-Bremen, Commissioned 08/01/43
1st commander from 09/42 to 10/43
Buchholz, Heinz borne 03-08-1909 Goldap,Ostenpreußen
Linien Seeoffizier / Crew Jahrgang 1929
Offiziersanwärter 01-04-1929 Fähnrich zur See 01-01-1931
Oberfähnrich zur See 01-04-1933 Leutnant zur See 01-10-1933
Oberleutnant zur See 01-09-1934 Kapitänleutnant 01-08-1938
Korvettenkapitän 01-04-1943
Uboot Kriegsabzeichen (U15 10/37-10/39) 10-1939
Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (U15 10/37-10/39) 1939
Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (U195 09/42-10/43) 1943
1 patrol 20/03/43 departed Kiel to South Africa coast and return to Bordeaux 27/07/43, sank 2 ships 12/04/43 US James W. Denver 7200 ton., 07/05/43 US Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 7191 ton. and damaged 1 ship US Cape Neddick 6797 ton.
The Uboote is decommissioned in 11/43 because the six Daimler-Benz MB-501 fast diesels give a severe problems and emitted a dense smoke.
Afther the Uboote is converted an supply boat with two standard MAN F-46 diesels, schnorkel and without torpedo tubes and recommissioned in 06/44
2nd commander from 04/44 to 05/45
Steinfeldt, Friedrich borne 15-12-1914 Bad Doberan
Reserveoffizier Eingang IV/1940 Oberleutnant zur See d.R 01-03-1944
Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (38. Minensuchflottille 12/41-06/42) 1941
Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch, Ubootsjagd und Sichrungsverband (38. Minensuchflottille 12/41-06/42) 1942
Uboot Kriegsabzeichen (U195 02/43-08/43) 24-07-1943
Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (U195 04/44-05/45) 1944
2 patrols on 24/08/44 departed Bordeaux to Indian Ocean arrival on 28/12/44 Jakarta and in 19/01/45 departed Jakarta to France but returned with mechanical defect on 05/03/45
after German surrender the boat was taken over by Japanese Navy
U196
type IX D 2, builder AG Weser- Bremen, commissioned 11/09/42
1st commander from 09/42 to 09/44
Kentrat, Eitel-Friedrich born 11-06-1906 Stahlheim, Metz, LothringenLinien Seeoffizier / Crew Jahrgang 1928
Obermatrose 01-10-1927 Fähnrich zur See 01-01-1930
Oberfähnrich zur See 01-04-1932 Leutnant zur See 01-10-1932
Oberleutnant zur See 01-09-1934 Kapitänleutnant 01-06-1937
Korvettenkapitän 01-01-1943
Uboot Kriegsabzeichen (U74 10/40-03/42) 13-04-1941
Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (U74 10/40-03/42) 13-04-1941
Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (U74 10/40-03/42) 13-04-1941
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (U74 10/40-03/42) 31-12-1941
Ubootsfrontspange in Bronze (U196 09/42-09/44) 20-09-1944
2 patrols 13/03/43 left Kiel to operations in South Africa coast and returned to Bordeaux 23/10/43 sank 2 ships 11/05/43 British Nailsea Meadow 4962 ton., 02/08/43 British City of Oran 7323 ton.
16/03/44 left La Pallice to operations in Indian Ocean and returned to Penang 10/08/44 sank 1 ship 09/07/44 British Shahzada 5454 ton.
2nd commander from 09/44 to 11/44
Striegler, Johannes-Werner born 30-06-1918 Zittau, Sachsen Linien Seeoffizier / Crew Jahrgang 1937 b
Offiziersanwärter 01-10-1937 Fähnrich zur See 01-04-1939
Oberfähnrich zur See 01-03-1940 Leutnant zur See 01-05-1940
Oberleutnant zur See 01-04-1942 Kapitänleutnant 01-01-1945
Uboot Kriegsabzeichen (U511 12/42-12/43) 08-1943
Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (U511 12/42-12/43) 1943
Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse 1944
1 patrol without end left Jakarta on 30/11/44 to operations in Indian Ocean and missing no survivors 65 dead.
type IX D 1, builder AG Weser-Bremen, Commissioned 08/01/43
1st commander from 09/42 to 10/43
Buchholz, Heinz borne 03-08-1909 Goldap,Ostenpreußen
Linien Seeoffizier / Crew Jahrgang 1929
Offiziersanwärter 01-04-1929 Fähnrich zur See 01-01-1931
Oberfähnrich zur See 01-04-1933 Leutnant zur See 01-10-1933
Oberleutnant zur See 01-09-1934 Kapitänleutnant 01-08-1938
Korvettenkapitän 01-04-1943
Uboot Kriegsabzeichen (U15 10/37-10/39) 10-1939
Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (U15 10/37-10/39) 1939
Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (U195 09/42-10/43) 1943
1 patrol 20/03/43 departed Kiel to South Africa coast and return to Bordeaux 27/07/43, sank 2 ships 12/04/43 US James W. Denver 7200 ton., 07/05/43 US Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 7191 ton. and damaged 1 ship US Cape Neddick 6797 ton.
The Uboote is decommissioned in 11/43 because the six Daimler-Benz MB-501 fast diesels give a severe problems and emitted a dense smoke.
Afther the Uboote is converted an supply boat with two standard MAN F-46 diesels, schnorkel and without torpedo tubes and recommissioned in 06/44
2nd commander from 04/44 to 05/45
Steinfeldt, Friedrich borne 15-12-1914 Bad Doberan
Reserveoffizier Eingang IV/1940 Oberleutnant zur See d.R 01-03-1944
Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (38. Minensuchflottille 12/41-06/42) 1941
Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch, Ubootsjagd und Sichrungsverband (38. Minensuchflottille 12/41-06/42) 1942
Uboot Kriegsabzeichen (U195 02/43-08/43) 24-07-1943
Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (U195 04/44-05/45) 1944
2 patrols on 24/08/44 departed Bordeaux to Indian Ocean arrival on 28/12/44 Jakarta and in 19/01/45 departed Jakarta to France but returned with mechanical defect on 05/03/45
after German surrender the boat was taken over by Japanese Navy
U196
type IX D 2, builder AG Weser- Bremen, commissioned 11/09/42
1st commander from 09/42 to 09/44
Kentrat, Eitel-Friedrich born 11-06-1906 Stahlheim, Metz, LothringenLinien Seeoffizier / Crew Jahrgang 1928
Obermatrose 01-10-1927 Fähnrich zur See 01-01-1930
Oberfähnrich zur See 01-04-1932 Leutnant zur See 01-10-1932
Oberleutnant zur See 01-09-1934 Kapitänleutnant 01-06-1937
Korvettenkapitän 01-01-1943
Uboot Kriegsabzeichen (U74 10/40-03/42) 13-04-1941
Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (U74 10/40-03/42) 13-04-1941
Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (U74 10/40-03/42) 13-04-1941
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (U74 10/40-03/42) 31-12-1941
Ubootsfrontspange in Bronze (U196 09/42-09/44) 20-09-1944
2 patrols 13/03/43 left Kiel to operations in South Africa coast and returned to Bordeaux 23/10/43 sank 2 ships 11/05/43 British Nailsea Meadow 4962 ton., 02/08/43 British City of Oran 7323 ton.
16/03/44 left La Pallice to operations in Indian Ocean and returned to Penang 10/08/44 sank 1 ship 09/07/44 British Shahzada 5454 ton.
2nd commander from 09/44 to 11/44
Striegler, Johannes-Werner born 30-06-1918 Zittau, Sachsen Linien Seeoffizier / Crew Jahrgang 1937 b
Offiziersanwärter 01-10-1937 Fähnrich zur See 01-04-1939
Oberfähnrich zur See 01-03-1940 Leutnant zur See 01-05-1940
Oberleutnant zur See 01-04-1942 Kapitänleutnant 01-01-1945
Uboot Kriegsabzeichen (U511 12/42-12/43) 08-1943
Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (U511 12/42-12/43) 1943
Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse 1944
1 patrol without end left Jakarta on 30/11/44 to operations in Indian Ocean and missing no survivors 65 dead.
I´m study in profundity since 1990 or 1991 the Kriegsmarine and in especially the UbootWaffe.
Thank you very much for answering. What about the fate of the U-195-crew? And an additional question: What happend to the crew of U-219 after WW2? So far I know the crews of both boats were in Indonesia. Was the crew in Dutch custody? What caused the death of:
Leut. Ing
Wilhelm Jens
*7.11.1907 +12.10.45
Kapt. Leutnant
Hermann Tangermann
*11.10.1910 +23.8.45
Oblt. z.S. and commander of U-195
Friederich Steinfeld
*15.12.1914 +30.11.45
Schiffszimmermann
Eduard Onnen
*14.12.1906 +15.4.45
Leutnant z.S
W. Martens
*… +10.45
Obgfr.
Willi Petschow
*31.12.1912 +28.9.45
Oblt. z.S
Willi Schlummer
*… +12.10.45
ObGefr Heinz Sparfeld, U-219
Leut. Ing
Wilhelm Jens
*7.11.1907 +12.10.45
Kapt. Leutnant
Hermann Tangermann
*11.10.1910 +23.8.45
Oblt. z.S. and commander of U-195
Friederich Steinfeld
*15.12.1914 +30.11.45
Schiffszimmermann
Eduard Onnen
*14.12.1906 +15.4.45
Leutnant z.S
W. Martens
*… +10.45
Obgfr.
Willi Petschow
*31.12.1912 +28.9.45
Oblt. z.S
Willi Schlummer
*… +12.10.45
ObGefr Heinz Sparfeld, U-219
Monsun crews were taken prisoner by the Japanese in May 1945 and interned at Changi prison, Singapore, In 1946 they were taken to Britain and eventually all were repatriated in 1947.
U-196 is more of a mystery story with lots of conjecture. One of the more bizarre claims is that she was sighted being escorted into a Chilean Fjord by a Chilean cruiser. That is not altogether impossible given the large expatriate German population around Puerto Montt.
The more accepted explanation is that she struck a mine in the Sunda strait, however there are inconsistencies and contradictions in that explanation too.
U-196 was tasked to patrol around the south of Australia en-route to Kobe for replacement batteries.
The British Pacific Fleet with three carriers and some Battleships were also sailing from Trincomalee around Australia at the same time and the British fleet may indeed have been the intended target.
U-196 is more of a mystery story with lots of conjecture. One of the more bizarre claims is that she was sighted being escorted into a Chilean Fjord by a Chilean cruiser. That is not altogether impossible given the large expatriate German population around Puerto Montt.
The more accepted explanation is that she struck a mine in the Sunda strait, however there are inconsistencies and contradictions in that explanation too.
U-196 was tasked to patrol around the south of Australia en-route to Kobe for replacement batteries.
The British Pacific Fleet with three carriers and some Battleships were also sailing from Trincomalee around Australia at the same time and the British fleet may indeed have been the intended target.
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I'm in contact with the U-195 survivor Obergefreite M.Müller, at our site you see his picture (taken in 1999) at the grave from Oberleutnant z.See Friedrich Steinfeld.
See our site for further info: (use the tabs on the page also for picture's):
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Friedhof- ... _4602.html
Richard Schoutissen
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de
http://www.oorlogsslachtoffers.nl
See our site for further info: (use the tabs on the page also for picture's):
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Friedhof- ... _4602.html
Richard Schoutissen
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de
http://www.oorlogsslachtoffers.nl
Re: U-195 and U-196
A strange story emerged in a New Zealand newspaper the Northern Advocate. A diver and museum curator claims descendants of crew or passengers on U-196 have come forward with a story that U-196 was scuttled off Kaipara harbour in Northern New Zealand. If true then the area is subject to lots of drifting sandbars so uncovering her wreck would be a miracle.
http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local ... ubsection=
Aspects of the story do not ring true to me. U-196 departed Bordeaux in mid March 1944. The claim is some of U-196's passengers transferred at sea in the Bay of Biscay from another U-boat which was sunk.
That does not tally with any other Asia bound U-boat in March 1944. U-851 which did disappear sailed from Kiel and not France.
U-180 which sailed from Bordeaux with U-195 and U-219 did sink in the Bay of Biscay off the Gironde Estuary was lost 21 August 1944. U-196 arrived at Penang in August 1944 and departed Djakarta 30 November 1944. U-219 and U-195 did reach Djakarta in November 1944. That is the only possible link up with U-196
The story has the character of a bizarre hoax to me.
http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local ... ubsection=
Aspects of the story do not ring true to me. U-196 departed Bordeaux in mid March 1944. The claim is some of U-196's passengers transferred at sea in the Bay of Biscay from another U-boat which was sunk.
That does not tally with any other Asia bound U-boat in March 1944. U-851 which did disappear sailed from Kiel and not France.
U-180 which sailed from Bordeaux with U-195 and U-219 did sink in the Bay of Biscay off the Gironde Estuary was lost 21 August 1944. U-196 arrived at Penang in August 1944 and departed Djakarta 30 November 1944. U-219 and U-195 did reach Djakarta in November 1944. That is the only possible link up with U-196
The story has the character of a bizarre hoax to me.
Re: U-195 and U-196
From the nine German graves at Cikopo Plantation near the village of Arca Domas Bogor, it turns out the graveyard was a monument built by Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof, Federal Republic of German Embassy in Jakarta to honor fallen German soldiers.
A number of German personnel interned by the Dutch at the island of Onrust escaped and joined forces with the Indonesian Nationalists.
This information came from former U-195 crew who lived in Austria, Peter Marl and Martin Mueller came to the graveyard in 1999.
Leut. Ing Wilhelm Jens died 12.10.45 fighting with Indonesian nationalists against Dutch settlers
Kapt. Leutnant Hermann Tangermann died 23.8.45 died in an accident.
Oblt. z.S. and commander of U-195 Friederich Steinfeld died 30.11.45 in Singapore due to poor nutrition and dysentery
Schiffszimmermann Eduard Onnen died 15.4.45 uncertain
Leutnant z.S W. Martens died 10.45 in a train accident
Obgfr. Willi Petschow died 28.9.45 died because of illness while at Cikopo Plantation.
Oblt. z.S Willi Schlummer died 12.10.45 fighting with Indonesian nationalists against Dutch settlers
ObGefr Heinz Sparfeld, U-219 uncertain
Leutnant Dr. Heinz Haake headstone errected by his family postwar, but his body is not buried at Bogor.
A number of German personnel interned by the Dutch at the island of Onrust escaped and joined forces with the Indonesian Nationalists.
This information came from former U-195 crew who lived in Austria, Peter Marl and Martin Mueller came to the graveyard in 1999.
Leut. Ing Wilhelm Jens died 12.10.45 fighting with Indonesian nationalists against Dutch settlers
Kapt. Leutnant Hermann Tangermann died 23.8.45 died in an accident.
Oblt. z.S. and commander of U-195 Friederich Steinfeld died 30.11.45 in Singapore due to poor nutrition and dysentery
Schiffszimmermann Eduard Onnen died 15.4.45 uncertain
Leutnant z.S W. Martens died 10.45 in a train accident
Obgfr. Willi Petschow died 28.9.45 died because of illness while at Cikopo Plantation.
Oblt. z.S Willi Schlummer died 12.10.45 fighting with Indonesian nationalists against Dutch settlers
ObGefr Heinz Sparfeld, U-219 uncertain
Leutnant Dr. Heinz Haake headstone errected by his family postwar, but his body is not buried at Bogor.