SM U-92

History
German Empire
NameU-92
Ordered23 June 1915
BuilderKaiserliche Werft Danzig
Yard number36
Laid down20 August 1916
Launched12 May 1917
Commissioned22 October 1917
FateLost in minefield 9 September 1918
General characteristics
Class & typeType U 87 submarine
Displacement
  • 757 t (745 long tons) surfaced
  • 998 t (982 long tons) submerged
Length
Beam
  • 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (o/a)
  • 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) (pressure hull)
Height9.35 m (30 ft 8 in)
Draught3.88 m (12 ft 9 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced
  • 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 × 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers
Speed
  • 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) surfaced
  • 8.6 knots (15.9 km/h; 9.9 mph) submerged
Range
  • 11,380 nmi (21,080 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 56 nmi (104 km; 64 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • III Flotilla
  • 27 December 1917 – 9 September 1918
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Max Bieler
  • 22 October 1917 – 31 May 1918
  • Kptlt. Günther Ehrlich
  • 1 June – 9 September 1918
Operations: 5 patrols
Victories:
  • 5 merchant ships sunk
    (15,961 GRT)
  • 2 merchant ships damaged
    (7,373 GRT)

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.

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. She was launched in October 1917, and sunk by mine 9 September 1918.