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U86 1918

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U81		251	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1915	24.6.1916	8.1916	sunk 1.5.1917
U82		252	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1915	1.7.1916	9.1916	to United Kingdom 1.1919
U83		253	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1915	13.7.1916	9.1916	sunk 17.2.1917
U84		254	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1915	22.7.1916	10.1916	sunk 26.1.1918
U85		255	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1915	22.8.1916	10.1916	sunk 12.3.1917
U86		256	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1915	7.11.1916	11.1916	to United Kingdom 11.1918

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	808 / 946
Length, m	70.1
Breadth, m	6.30
Draught, m	4.02
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN diesels / 2 SSW electric motors
Power, h. p.	2400 / 1200
Max speed, kts	16.8 / 9.1
Fuel, t	diesel oil 119
Endurance, nm(kts)	11220(8) / 56(5)
Armament	U81 - 83: 1 x 1 - 105/43 TK L/45 C/16, 6 - 500 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12 - 16) U84 - 86: 2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 6 - 500 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12 - 16)
Complement	35
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

Ms type boats based on the U65, and built by Germaniawerft. War order F. They had the standard operational depth of 50m and a diving time of 50 seconds.

Modernizations

1917-1918, U84-86: - 2 x 1 - 88/27; + 1 x 1 - 105/43 TK L/45 C/16

1917-1918, U84-86: + 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08

Naval service

U81 was torpedoed by British submarine E54 in Atlantic 1.5.1917. U83 was sunk by gunfire of British decoy vessel Farnborough 17.2.1917 in the ATlantic. U84 was rammed by British patrol boat P62 in the Irish Sea 26.1.1918. U85 was sunk by gunfire of British decoy vessels Privet in the English Channel 12.3.1917.