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| U-85 | Type VIIB |
| Feldpost Number | M 40 935 |
| Construction Yard | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck-Siems |
| Yard Number | 281 |
| Ordered | 9th Jun 1938 |
| Keel laid | 18th Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 10th Apr 1941 |
| Commissioned | 7th Jun 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee , Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 06.41 - 04.42 | 3.U-Flottille, Kiel & La Pallice
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 06.41 - 04.42 | OL Eberhard Greger |
| Operations information for U-85 | 28.08.1941 - 18.09.1941
First Sailing - active patrol
U-85 left Trondheim under the command of Eberhard Greger on 28th Aug 1941 and arrived at return on 18th Sep 1941 after three weeks.
Eberhard Greger hit one ship on this patrol from convoy SC-42.-
On 10th Sep 1941 he sank the British 4,748 ton Thistleglen, sailing with convoy SC-42.
You can find more about convoy SC-42 at the warsailors.com page on convoy SC-42.
| 11.10.1941 - 13.10.1941
Second Sailing
On the 11th Oct 1941, U-85 left St. Nazaire under the command of Eberhard Greger and after two days arrived at return on 13th Oct 1941.On the 12th October, OL Greger decided to return to St Nazaire because of a defect in the water cooling system.
| 16.10.1941 - 27.11.1941
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-85 departed under Eberhard Greger from St. Nazaire on 16th Oct 1941 and arrived at return on 27th Nov 1941 after six weeks.
| 08.01.1942 - 23.02.1942
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-85 left Lorient under the command of Eberhard Greger on 8th Jan 1942 and after six and a half weeks arrived at return on 23rd Feb 1942.
Eberhard Greger hit one ship on this patrol from convoy ON-60.-
On 9th Feb 1942 he sank the British 5,408 ton Empire Fusilier, a member of convoy ON-60.
| 21.03.1942 - 14.04.1942
Fifth Sailing
On the 21st Mar 1942, U-85 left St. Nazaire under the command of Eberhard Greger and arrived at return on 14th Apr 1942 after three and a half weeks.
Eberhard Greger hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 10th Apr 1942 he sank the Norwegian 4,904 ton Chr Knudsen.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Chr. Knudsen.
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| Notes for U-85 | Many thanks to Wolfgang Klaue for his help with U 85.
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| | Oskar Prantl | | Courtesy Eric-Jan Bakker | | OBtsMt Prantl is buried with other U 85 comrades in Hampton National Cemetery, Virginia USA. |
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