SM U-85
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-85.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-85 |
| Ordered: | 23 June 1915 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 255 |
| Laid down: | 29 November 1915 |
| Launched: | 22 August 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 23 October 1916 |
| Fate: | Foundered in North Sea after 7 March 1917, 38 dead (all hands lost).[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 81 submarine |
| Displacement: | 808 tons surfaced 946 tons submerged 1160 tons (total) |
| Length: | 70.06 m (overall) 55.55 m (pressure hull) |
| Beam: | 6.30 m (overall) 4.15 m (pressure hull) |
| Draught: | 4.02 m |
| Propulsion: | 2400 hp surfaced 1200 hp submerged |
| Speed: | 16.8 knots surfaced 9.1 knots submerged |
| Range: | 11,220 miles at 8 knots surfaced 56 miles at 5 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 39 men |
| Armament: | 12 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 105mm deck gun with 140 rounds [2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy IV Flotilla 15 Jan 1917 - 12 Mar 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Willy Petz[3] 23 Oct 1916 - 12 Mar 1917 |
| Operations: | 2 patrols |
| Victories: |
4 merchant ships sunk (20,225 GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (7,608 GRT)[1] |
SM U-85 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-85 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.[4]
Initially U-81 to U-83 had one 10.5 cm gun with 140-240 rounds. U-84 - U-86 on the other hand had two 8.8 cm guns. In 1917 U-84 - U-86 were refitted with a single 10.5 cm gun (240 rounds)[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January 1917 | Dicax |  Norway |
923 | Sunk |
| 6 February 1917 | Cliftonian |  United Kingdom |
4,303 | Sunk |
| 6 February 1917 | Explorer | United Kingdom |
7,608 | Damaged |
| 7 February 1917 | California | United Kingdom |
8,669 | Sunk |
| 7 February 1917 | Vedamore | United Kingdom |
6,330 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Uboat.net U85
- ↑ Uboat.net type 81
- ↑ "Willy Petz". Uboat.net. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "U-85". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "SM U-85 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 21 January 2015.