WWI U-boats
U 92
Type | U 87 | ||||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 36) | ||||||
Ordered | 23 Jun 1915 | ||||||
Laid down | 20 Aug 1916 | ||||||
Launched | 12 May 1917 | ||||||
Commissioned | 22 Oct 1917 | ||||||
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Career | 5 patrols | ||||||
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Successes | 5 ships sunk with a total of 15,961 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 7,373 tons. (View ships hit by U 92) | ||||||
Fate | 9 Sep 1918 - Mined in the Northern Barrage east of the Orkney Islands.. 42 dead (all hands lost). |
The wreck of U 92 was located by a sonar sweep in 2006. Information to confirm the identification was obtained by divers in 2007.
There was another U 92 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 10 Jan 1942 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 3 Mar 1942. Take a look at U 92 from WWII.