s were preceded by the shorter Type U 81 submarines. U-92 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 engines for use while surfaced, and two engines for use while submerged. She had two propeller shafts. She 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, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at. U-92 was fitted with four torpedo tubes, ten to twelve torpedoes, ND one SK L/45 deck gun. She had a complement of thirty-six.
U-92 departed for her first war patrol 1 January, viaHeligoland Bight and around Scotland into the northern Bay of Biscay, recording no sinkings, and returning to Wilhelmshaven 30 January.
2nd Patrol
Her second patrol began 24 February, and she was assigned to a station southwest of Ireland, transiting the Kiel Canal and the Baltic Sea, due to heavy mining in the North Sea. Again, she scored no victories, but was in the vicinity of The Skaw, at the time the commerce raiderWolf stranded a prize, Igotz Mendi, for two days. She also torpedoed the 7,034-ton steamer, killing one British seaman, and inflicting damage, none severe enough to keep her victim from reaching port. U-92 returned to Kiel on 23 March.
3rd Patrol
After refit, U-92 departed on her third patrol 24 April. She was again assigned to the southwest Ireland station, by way of Heligoland, the Kiel Canal, the Baltic, Denmark, Scotland, and Fair Isle. On this long patrol, from which she returned to Wilhelmshaven on about 28 May, she was attacked three times by enemy A/S forces, and again scored no successes. On his return, after his third consecutive dry patrol and in keeping with usual practise for unproductive skippers, Kptlt.. Bieler was relieved.
4th Patrol
U-92 returned to Ireland station for her fourth patrol, sortieing 29 June, now in the hands of Kptlt. Günther Ehrlich. She came under attack on only the second day of her patrol, south of Dogger Bank, by two torpedoes from submarine, Both missed. U-92 attacked a convoy eight days later, on 9 July. She sank two armed steamers, the 2814 tonBen Lomond southeast of Daunts Rock and the 3,550 ton Marswest by north of Bishop Rock. and suffered damage in a collision. On 10 July, she fired on the 339 ton armed schoonerCharles Theriault with her deck gun, inflicting damage; Theriault was towed to port. The next day she torpedoed and sank the 5,590-ton United States Navycargo ship at with the loss of 11 members of Westovers crew, and on 13 July, the 3058-ton Spanish steamer with two torpedoes. By the end of her patrol, on 22 July, she had sunk 22,000 tons of shipping.
5th Patrol
For her fifth patrol, she left viaKattegat on 4 September. She was mined 9 September in Area B of the North Sea Mine Barrage, and lost with all hands; her last position was suspected to be."
