Technical Specifications
U-86 (Construction No 256) was ordered at the Germania shipyard in Kiel on the 23rd June 1915. The keel was laid on November 5th, 1915 and the boat was launched on November 7th 1916.
The technical specification of the boat was:
Displacement (m³) surfaced |
808 |
Displacement (m³) submerged |
946 |
Length (m) |
70.1 |
Beam (m) |
6.3 |
Draught (m) |
4.0 |
Propulsion Main (no. x hp) |
2x 1200 Diesel MAN |
Propulsion EL (no. x hp) |
2x 600 EM |
Fuel Capacity |
81+38 |
Speed surfaced (kn) |
16.8 |
Speed submerged (kn) |
9.1 |
Range surfaced (nm/kn) |
11200/8 |
Range submerged (nm/kn) |
56/5 |
Armament |
2 bowtubes, 2 sterntubes, 8 torpedoes (50cm), originally 2 x 8.8cm guns, archaeological evidence for U-86 shows that the bow gun has been replaced by a 10.5cm gun |
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