German submarine U-84 (1941)
U-52, a typical Type VIIB boat
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Name | U-84 |
Ordered | 9 June 1938 |
Builder | Flender Werke AG , Lübeck |
Yard number | 280 |
Laid down | 9 November 1939 |
Launched | 26 February 1941 |
Commissioned | 29 April 1941 |
Fate | Sunk by US aircraft, 7 August 1943 |
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Class and type | Type VIIB submarine |
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Height | 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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Identification codes: | M 40 057 |
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German submarine U-84 was a
.She was launched on 26 February 1941 and commissioned on 29 April 1941. She operated during the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War.
Design
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h; 20.6 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph).
Service history
U-84 carried out eight patrols and accounted for six ships sunk and one ship damaged during World War II. She operated in the Gulf of Mexico for a time. Commanded by Captain Uphoff, U-84 torpedoed the freighter Baja California just forward of midships whilst in the Gulf of Mexico on 19 July 1942 at 06:45. Baja California sank in about 114 feet (35 m) of water about 60 to 70 nautical miles (110 to 130 km; 69 to 81 mi) southwest of
Fate
U-84 was sunk while under the command of Horst Uphoff on 7 August 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 27°55′N 68°03′W / 27.917°N 68.050°W by a
Wolfpacks
U-84 took part in seventeen wolfpacks, namely:
- Grönland (16 – 27 August 1941)
- Markgraf (27 August – 13 September 1941)
- Schlagetot (20 October – 1 November 1941)
- Raubritter (1 – 4 November 1941)
- Seydlitz (27 December 1941 – 13 January 1942)
- Zieten (13 – 22 January 1942)
- Endrass (12 – 17 June 1942)
- Panther (6 – 20 October 1942)
- Veilchen (20 October – 5 November 1942)
- Kreuzotter (9 – 19 November 1942)
- Sturmbock (21 – 26 February 1943)
- Wildfang (26 February – 5 March 1943)
- Raubgraf(7 – 20 March 1943)
- Seewolf (24 – 30 March 1943)
- Adler (7 – 13 April 1943)
- Meise (13 – 20 April 1943)
- Specht (21 – 25 April 1943)
Summary of raiding history
Date[4] | Name of ship | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) | Fate[4] |
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8 April 1942 | Nemanja | Yugoslavia | 5,226 | Sunk |
21 April 1942 | Chenango | Panama | 3,014 | Sunk |
23 June 1942 | Torvanger | Norway | 6,568 | Sunk |
13 July 1942 | Andrew Jackson | United States | 5,990 | Sunk |
19 July 1942 | Baja California | Honduras | 1,648 | Sunk |
21 July 1942 | William Cullen Bryant | United States | 7,176 | Damaged |
2 November 1942 | Empire Sunrise | United Kingdom | 7,459 | Sunk |
References
- ^ a b c d Gröner 1991, pp. 43–44.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Baja California (Steam merchant)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIB boat U-84". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-84". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Eric; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIB boat U-84". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 84". Deutsche U-Boote 1935–1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2015.