German submarine U-85 (1941)
Service
- as U-857 June 1941 — 14 April 1942311 days of the war
- Name
- U-85
- Pennant / hull number
- 1941
- Builder
- Flender Werke, Lübeck
- Ordered
- 9 June 1938
- Laid down
- 18 December 1939
- Launched
- 10 April 1941
- Commissioned
- 7 June 1941
- Fate
- Sunk near North Carolina, 14 April 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 741 long tons (753 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 843 long tons (857 t)
- Length
- 66.5 m (218.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
- Range
- 8,700 nmi (16,112 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-85 was a submarine of the Type VIIB U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1941. Flender Werke, Lübeck laid her keel on 18 December 1939. Launched on 10 April 1941, she entered service on 7 June 1941.
24 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 741 long tons surfaced and 843 long tons submerged. She measured 66.5 m (218 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 311 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 14 April 1942, at 35°55′N 75°13′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-100 (1940)
- German submarine U-101 (1940)
- German submarine U-102 (1940)
- German submarine U-45 (1938)
- German submarine U-46 (1938)
- German submarine U-47 (1938)
- German submarine U-48 (1939)
- German submarine U-49 (1939)
- German submarine U-50 (1939)
- German submarine U-51 (1938)
- German submarine U-52 (1938)
- German submarine U-53 (1939)
- German submarine U-54 (1939)
- German submarine U-55 (1939)
- German submarine U-73 (1940)
- German submarine U-74 (1940)
- German submarine U-75 (1940)
- German submarine U-76 (1940)
- German submarine U-83 (1940)
- German submarine U-84 (1941)
- German submarine U-86 (1941)
- German submarine U-87 (1941)
- German submarine U-99 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-85 (1941) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: UK Government — http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons