SM U-92
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-92.
SM U-92 was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was engaged in the commerce warfare in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
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German Empire | |
Name | U-92 |
Ordered | 23 June 1915 |
Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Yard number | 36 |
Laid down | 20 August 1916 |
Launched | 12 May 1917 |
Commissioned | 22 October 1917 |
Fate | Lost in minefield 9 September 1918 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | German Type U 87 submarine |
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Height | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 3.88 m (12 ft 9 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 4 officers, 32 enlisted |
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Operations: | 5 patrols |
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Construction of U-92 was ordered in August 1915, and her keel was laid down in August 1916 at the Kaiserliche Werft yard in Danzig.[4] She was launched in October 1917, and sunk by mine 9 September 1918.[4]