WWI U-boats
U 85
| Type | U 81 | ||||
| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 255) | ||||
| Ordered | 23 Jun 1915 | ||||
| Laid down | 29 Nov 1915 | ||||
| Launched | 22 Aug 1916 | ||||
| Commissioned | 23 Oct 1916 | ||||
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| Career | 2 patrols | ||||
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| Successes | 4 ships sunk with a total of 20,225 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 7,608 tons. (View ships hit by U 85) | ||||
| Fate | 7 Mar 1917 - Presumed foundered in the North Sea on or after March 7, 1917. 38 dead (all hands lost). | ||||
Previously recorded fate
Sunk by gunfire from Q-Ship Privet at 50°02’N 4°13’W. This attack was against UC 68 which was not sunk in the action.
There was another U 85 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 10 Apr 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 7 Jun 1941. Take a look at U 85 from WWII.