German submarine U-485
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-485 |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1941 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 320 |
| Laid down: | 3 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 15 January 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 23 February 1944 |
| Fate: | Surrendered at Gibraltar, May 1945; sunk as part of Operation Deadlight, north of Ireland, December 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) Various AA guns |
| Service record[1] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (23 February–31 October 1944) 5th U-boat Flotilla (1 November 1944–8 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Friedrich Lutz (23 February–14 May 1945) |
| Operations: | 29 November 1944–30 January 1945 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-485 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out three patrols. She sank no ships.
U-485 surrendered in Gibraltar in May 1945; she was sunk as part of Operation Deadlight, north of Ireland in December 1945.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 3 May 1943 at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 320, launched on 15 January 1944 and commissioned on 23 February under the command of Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Lutz.
She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 23 February 1944 for training and the 11th flotilla from 1 November for operations.
1st patrol
U-485's first patrol was preceded by short journeys from Kiel in Germany to Horten (south of Oslo) and then Bergen, both in Norway. The patrol itself began when the boat departed Bergen on 29 November 1944. She proceeded west of the Shetland Islands on 4 December and west of Ireland on the 14th. She entered the English Channel and was northwest of the Channel Islands on the 21st. The furthest east that she travelled was to a point south of Brighton, which she reached on 5 January 1945. She then retraced her route via the Scilly Isles; she returned to Bergen on 30 January.
2nd patrol
The submarine had moved to Trondheim from where she departed on her second patrol on 25 March 1945. Her route took her through the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She docked at La Pallice in France on 24 April.
3rd patrol, surrender and fate
Leaving La Pallice on 29 April 1945, the boat surrendered in Gibraltar on 14 May, some six days after Germany's capitulation. She was transferred to Loch Ryan in Scotland for Operation Deadlight and was sunk by unknown causes on 8 December north of Ireland.
See also
- List of German U-boats
References
- Notes
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-485 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- Bibliography
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