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| U-85 |
| Type |
VIIB
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| Commission Date |
7 June 1941 |
| Construction yard |
Flender-Werke, Lübeck |
| Commanders |
| 7 June 1941 |
14 April 1942 |
Oblt. Eberhard Greger |
|
|
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| Successes |
| Type of Ship Sunk |
Number of Ships Sunk |
Gross Registered Tonnage |
| Commercial Vessels |
3 |
15,060 |
| Military Vessels |
- |
- |
Unterseeboot 85 or U-85 was a German World War II Type VIIB submarine commissioned on 7 June 1941. U-85 was assigned to 3. Unterseebootflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) on 7 June 1941 and completed four patrols with the flotilla. U-85 sunk three ships totalling 15,060 Gross Registered Tonnage. U-85 was sunk with all hands on deck on 14 April 1942 off the United States coast near Cape Hatteras by gunfire from the destroyer USS Roper. U-85 was the first German U-boat loss of Operation Drumbeat (Paukenschlag), Germany’s U-boat offensive off the eastern seaboard of the United States in 1942.
[edit] References
- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
