SM U-92
U-92. 09/09/1918
U87 Class U boat. (Mittel U class)
Displacement: 757t disp (surf)
Length: 65.8m. Beam: 6.2m. Draught: 3.8 m.
Propulsion: 2 x diesel engines (2400 hp), 2 x electric motor (1200 hp)
Complement: 42 officers and men.
Armament: 4 T.T. (2 fwd, 2 aft), 10-12 torpedoes, 1 x 88 mm deck gun & 1 x 88mm deck gun (aft)
U 92 was built by Kaiserliche Werft yard in Danzig and commissioned in December 1917. U 93 served with the III Flotilla and carried out four patrols and was lost on the fifth. In four patrols U 92 recorded 5 merchant ships sunk (15,961 GRT)
2 ships damaged (7,373 GRT)
.
U 92 left for patrol on the 4th September 1918. It was long assumed that U 92 had been lost in the Northern Barrage minefield, outbound, on or around 9th September 1918. The commander was Kptlt. Günther Ehrlich.
In 2006 a survey by the Marine Coastguard Agency on the tug MV Anglian Monarch located two targets that resembled possible submarines. Michael Lowrey and Kevin Heath plotted the positions on the historic mine-map and both wrecks were within Area 'B' of the barrage. It was also clear that being on the southern side of the barrage, laid on 7th September 1918, this one was a outbound bound vessel. By process of elimination, by dimensions and as the 2nd U boat to the NW was U 102 then this wreck had to be U 92. This was confirmed by Steven Slater of the dive group ''Darkstar'' who dived the wreck in 2007 off the dive boat M.V Jean Elaine skippered by Andy Cuthbertson.
U87 Class U boat. (Mittel U class)
Displacement: 757t disp (surf)
Length: 65.8m. Beam: 6.2m. Draught: 3.8 m.
Propulsion: 2 x diesel engines (2400 hp), 2 x electric motor (1200 hp)
Complement: 42 officers and men.
Armament: 4 T.T. (2 fwd, 2 aft), 10-12 torpedoes, 1 x 88 mm deck gun & 1 x 88mm deck gun (aft)
U 92 was built by Kaiserliche Werft yard in Danzig and commissioned in December 1917. U 93 served with the III Flotilla and carried out four patrols and was lost on the fifth. In four patrols U 92 recorded 5 merchant ships sunk (15,961 GRT)
2 ships damaged (7,373 GRT)
.
U 92 left for patrol on the 4th September 1918. It was long assumed that U 92 had been lost in the Northern Barrage minefield, outbound, on or around 9th September 1918. The commander was Kptlt. Günther Ehrlich.
In 2006 a survey by the Marine Coastguard Agency on the tug MV Anglian Monarch located two targets that resembled possible submarines. Michael Lowrey and Kevin Heath plotted the positions on the historic mine-map and both wrecks were within Area 'B' of the barrage. It was also clear that being on the southern side of the barrage, laid on 7th September 1918, this one was a outbound bound vessel. By process of elimination, by dimensions and as the 2nd U boat to the NW was U 102 then this wreck had to be U 92. This was confirmed by Steven Slater of the dive group ''Darkstar'' who dived the wreck in 2007 off the dive boat M.V Jean Elaine skippered by Andy Cuthbertson.
MBES U 92
Area B minefields with location of U 92
The Wreck Today.
The wreck is in position 59°08,318'N 01°55,409'W in approximately 80m of water.
The wreck was first dived by the technical dive group Darkstar in 2007. Steven Slater's dive report to UKHO states ''21.6.07 IENTIFIED BY GUN POSITION AND AMMUNITION. STATED TO BE FULLY INTACT IN SANDY SEABED. SOME PLATES ROTTED OFF THE OUTSIDE HULL BUT INNER PRESSURE HULL STILL INTACT. FORWARD & AFT GUNS IN PLACE, MUNITIONS LYING ON THE DECK. CONNING TOWER HATCH CLOSED. (S SLATER DIVE REPORT)''
The wreck is in position 59°08,318'N 01°55,409'W in approximately 80m of water.
The wreck was first dived by the technical dive group Darkstar in 2007. Steven Slater's dive report to UKHO states ''21.6.07 IENTIFIED BY GUN POSITION AND AMMUNITION. STATED TO BE FULLY INTACT IN SANDY SEABED. SOME PLATES ROTTED OFF THE OUTSIDE HULL BUT INNER PRESSURE HULL STILL INTACT. FORWARD & AFT GUNS IN PLACE, MUNITIONS LYING ON THE DECK. CONNING TOWER HATCH CLOSED. (S SLATER DIVE REPORT)''
CREW U 92 †09/09/1918,
1. EHRLICH, GÜNTHER (32), Kapitänleutnant, Iron Cross 1st class, U-92,
2. BECK, ALBERT , Bootsmannmaat, U-92,
3. BECKER, EUGEN , Bootsmannmaat, U-92,
4. BELGER, OTTO , Maschinist, U-92,
5. CHEMNITZ, OTTO , Heizer, U-92,
6. BACHMANN, ARNULF , Funktelegraphie-Gast, U-92,
7. FENDESACK, GEORG , Oberheizer, U-92,
8. HABERSTROH, FRITZ , Matrose, U-92,
9. HÄNSEL, BERTHOLD , Maschinenmaat, U-92,
10. HELMKE, FRITZ , Obermaschinistenmaat, U-92,
11. HILTMANN, PAUL , Funktelegraphie-Gast, U-92,
12. HOFFMANN, MARTIN , Oberleutnant zur See, U-92,
13. HOVE, TIDGE VAN , Oberheizer, U-92,
14. JÜRGENS, RICHARD , Leutnant zur See, U-92,
15. KOERVER, WILHELM , Maschinenanwärter, U-92,
16. KOLB, KARL , Oberleutnant zur See, U-92,
17. KRAUTSCHEIDT, AUGUST , Matrose, U-92,
18. LACHMANN, WALTER , Oberheizer, U-92,
19. LANGE, FRIEDRICH , Maschinenmaat, U-92,
20. LERG, ERWIN , Maschinenanwärter, U-92,
21. LICHTENDAHL, ERNST , Oberheizer, U-92,
22. MEINHARDT, FRIEDRICH , Maschinenmaat, U-92,
23. MÜLLER, HEINRICH , Oberbootsmannmaat, U-92,
24. MÜLLER, JOHANNES , Bootsmannmaat, U-92,
25. PARSCH, ANTON , Obersteuermann, U-92,
26. PÄTZOLD, PAUL , Matrose, U-92,
27. PAUL, JULIUS , Oberbootsmannmaat, U-92,
28. PLENNIS, ADAM , Obermatrose, U-92,
29. PUPPEL, HERMANN , Oberheizer, U-92,
30. RABE, MAX , Oberheizer, U-92,
31. RASSOW, HERMANN , Marine-Oberingenieur, U-92,
32. REUSCH, ERNST , Obermatrose, U-92,
33. RIESE, HEINRICH , Obermaschinistenmaat, U-92,
34. SCHMITZ, JOHANN , Heizer, U-92,
35. SCHÖPPER, WILHELM , Maschinenmaat, U-92,
36. SCHRÖDER, KARL , Heizer, U-92,
37. SCHRUMPF, KARL , Maschinenmaat, U-92,
38. SECKLER, LUDWIG , Obermaschinistenmaat, U-92,
39. STUTHE, WALTER , Funktelegraphie-Obermaat d. Res., U-92,
40. THUROW, PAUL , Obermatrose, U-92,
41. WALTER, PAUL , Matrose, U-92,
42. WIEDEMANN, WILHELM , Matrose, U-92,
The German crew will not be researched but will be remembered.