UB 85
UB 85 | |
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Overview | |
Type | UB III |
Shipyard |
AG Weser, Bremen |
1. Period of service |
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Commissioning | November 24, 1917 |
Whereabouts | Sunk in the Irish Sea on April 30, 1918. |
Technical specifications | |
displacement |
651 t under water |
length |
55.30 |
width |
5.80 |
Draft |
3.68 |
crew |
34 |
speed |
UB 85 was a German class UB III submarine . The boat entered service on November 24, 1917. On April 30, 1918, the boat was shot at and sunk in the Irish Sea by the HMS Coreopsis . The 34-man crew were rescued.
The wreck may have been found in 2016 during offshore work to lay a submarine cable.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Apparently legendary German submarine UB-85 found , Stern, October 20, 2016.