German submarine U-485
German submarine "U-485" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out three patrols. She sank no ships. "U-485" surrendered in Gibraltar on 12 May 1945; she was sunk as part of Operation "Deadlight", north of Ireland on 8 December 1945. Design. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. "U-485" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The  submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert GU 343/38–8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . "U-485" was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at  the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one SK C/35 naval gun, (220 rounds), one Flak M42 and two twin C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. Service history. The submarine was laid down on 3 May 1943 at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 320, launched on 15 January 1944 and commissioned on 23 February under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Friedrich Lutz. She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 23 February 1944 for training and the 11th flotilla from 1 November for operations. First patrol. "U-485"s first patrol was preceded  by short journeys from Kiel in Germany to Horten Naval Base (south of Oslo) and then Bergen, both in Norway. The patrol itself began when the boat departed Bergen on 29 November 1944. She proceeded west of the Shetland Islands on 4 December and west of Ireland on the 14th. She entered the English Channel and was northwest of the Channel Islands on the 21st. The furthest east that she travelled was to a point south of Brighton, which she reached on 5 January 1945. She then retraced her route via the Scilly Isles; she returned to Bergen on 30  January. Second patrol. The submarine had moved to Trondheim from where she departed on her second patrol on 25 March 1945. Her route took her through the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She docked at La Pallice in France on 24 April. Third patrol, surrender and fate. Leaving La Pallice on 29 April 1945, the boat surrendered in Gibraltar on 12 May, four days after Germany's capitulation. She was transferred to Loch Ryan in Scotland for Operation "Deadlight" and was sunk by unknown causes on 8 December north of Ireland.