WWI U-boats
U 86
| Type | U 81 | ||||||||
| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 256) | ||||||||
| Ordered | 23 Jun 1915 | ||||||||
| Laid down | 5 Nov 1915 | ||||||||
| Launched | 7 Nov 1916 | ||||||||
| Commissioned | 30 Nov 1916 | ||||||||
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| Career | 12 patrols | ||||||||
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| Successes | 33 ships sunk with a total of 117,583 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 163 tons. (View ships hit by U 86) | ||||||||
| Fate | 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Sank in the English Channel on the way to be broken up in 1921.. | ||||||||
On 27 June, 1918 this boat sank the hospital ship Llandovery Castle in violation of international law, and fired on the survivors, killing most of them. The commander and his watch officers were tried and convincted for this incident after the war.
There was another U 86 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 10 May 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 8 Jul 1941. Take a look at U 86 from WWII.