WWI U-boats
UB 85
Type | UB III | ||||
Shipyard | A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 285) | ||||
Ordered | 23 Sep 1916 | ||||
Laid down | 24 Jan 1917 | ||||
Launched | 26 Oct 1917 | ||||
Commissioned | 24 Nov 1917 | ||||
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Career | 2 patrols | ||||
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Successes | No successes | ||||
Fate | 30 Apr 1918 - Flooded through not completely closed hatch while diving to evade gunfire of Royal Navy drifter Coreopsis. Resurfaced and abandonned by crew while under fire from patrol vessels . 34 survivors (No casualties). |