German submarine U-85 (1941)
U-52, a typical Type VIIB boat | |
| History | |
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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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 & processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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| Identification codes: | M 40 935 |
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| Victories: |
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 |
German submarine U-85 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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.