SM UB-86
SM UB-86 dumped after explosive trials at Falmouth, 1921. | |
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | UB-86 |
| Ordered | 23 September 1916 |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Cost | 3,341,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number | 286 |
| Laid down | 25 January 1917 |
| Launched | 10 October 1917 |
| Commissioned | 10 November 1917 |
| Fate | Surrendered 24 November 1918, used for explosive trials and dumped on beach 1920; sold for scrap 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type UB III submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
| Draught | 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 31 men |
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| Operations: | 5 patrols |
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SM UB-86 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 31 October 1917 as SM UB-86.
UB-86 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. After passing into British hands, UB-86 was towed to Falmouth along with five other U-boats for use in a series of explosive test trials by the Royal Navy in Falmouth Bay, in order to find weaknesses in their design. Following her use on 14 January 1921, UB-86 was dumped on Castle Beach and sold to R. Roskelly & Rodgers on 19 April 1921 for scrap (for £110), and partially salvaged over the following decades, although parts remain in situ.