Type VIIB U-Boat; Wikimedia Commons

Type VIIB U-Boat; Wikimedia Commons

The German U-85 was sunk with all hands on 14 April off the United States coast near Cape Hatteras by gunfire from the American destroyer USS Roper.

The U-85 was was the first German U-boat loss of  “Operation Drumbeat” (Paukenschlag), off the eastern seaboard of the United States.