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German submarine U-86 (1941)
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German submarine U-86 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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Name | U-86 |
Ordered | 9 June 1938 |
Builder | Flender Werke, Lübeck |
Cost | 4,714,000 Reichsmark |
Yard number | 282 |
Laid down | 20 January 1940 |
Launched | 10 May 1941 |
Commissioned | 8 July 1941 |
Fate | Sunk by British warships HMS Tumult and HMS Rocket, 29 November 1943 |
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Class and type | Type VIIB U-boat |
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Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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Identification codes: | M 46 726 |
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She was laid down at the Flender Werke in Lübeck on 20 January 1940 as yard number 282. Launched on 10 May 1941, she was commissioned on 8 July and completed training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla under the command of Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Walter Schug. She was reassigned to the 1st flotilla, initially for further training on 1 September before being ready for operations from 1 December. She stayed with that organization until her loss on 29 November 1943.
U-86 completed eight war patrols with the flotilla, sinking three ships, totalling 9,614 gross register tons (GRT). She also damaged a ship of 8,627 GRT. She was a member of ten wolfpacks.
She was sunk on 29 November 1943 east of the Azores, in position 40°52'N, 18°54'W, by depth charges from two British warships, HMS Rocket (H92) and HMS Tumult (R11). 50 dead (all hands lost).[1]