German submarine U-85 (1941)
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-85.
German submarine U-85 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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U-52, a typical Type VIIB boat | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-85 |
Ordered | 9 June 1938 |
Builder | Flender Werke, Lübeck |
Yard number | 281 |
Laid down | 18 December 1939 |
Launched | 10 April 1941 |
Commissioned | 7 June 1941 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Roper, 14 April 1942 |
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Class and type | Type VIIB U-boat |
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Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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Identification codes: | M 40 935 |
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3 merchant ships sunk (15,060 GRT) |
U-85 (submarine) shipwreck and remains | |
Nearest city | Nags Head, North Carolina |
MPS | World War II Shipwrecks along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 15000805 |
Added to NRHP | 12 November 2015 |
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She was laid down at the Flender Werke in Lübeck on 18 December 1939 as yard number 281. Launched on 10 April 1941, she was commissioned on 7 June and assigned to the 3rd U-boat Flotilla under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Eberhard Greger.
U-85 conducted four war patrols with the flotilla, and sank three ships, totalling 15,060 gross register tons (GRT). She was sunk in April 1942 by the US destroyer Roper.