SM UB-85 [SEP] manufacturer
SM UB-85
SM "UB-85" was a Type UB III U-boat in the German Imperial Navy () during World War I. Ordered on 23 September 1916, the U-boat was built at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen and commissioned on 24 November 1917, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech.
Construction.
SM UB-85 was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 26 October 1917, and was commissioned later that same year. Like all
ship of Franklin's lost expedition, , is located.
- September – Wreck of whaleback freighter , lost in 1924, is located in Lake Huron.
- October – An Imperial German Navy U-boat, probably SM "UB-85" (sunk 1918), is found off the west coast of Scotland.
- December – Leekfrith torcs in Staffordshire, England.
Events.
- October 3 – Announcement that the mound of the motte-and-bailey castle at Skipsea Castle in the East Riding of