U-52, a typical Type VIIB boat
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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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German submarine U-86 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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]