Type | VIIB | |||||||||
| Ordered | 9 Jun 1938 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 9 Nov 1939 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 280) | ||||||||
| Launched | 26 Feb 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 29 Apr 1941 | Oblt. Horst Uphoff | ||||||||
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| Career 8 patrols |
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| Successes | 6 ships sunk, total tonnage 29,905 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,176 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 7 August 1943 in the North Atlantic south-west of Bermuda, in position 27.55N, 68.30W, by a Fido homing torpedo from a US Liberator aircraft (VB-105 USN/B-4). 46 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, February 2002). | |||||||||
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Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 24 Aug, 1943 in the middle of the North Atlantic, in position 27.09N, 37.03W, by aerial torpedoes from aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Core. (Postwar assessment)
Notes. U-84 was ordered to refuel from U-760 on 18 August in position 37.00N, 44.30W which is over 600 nautical miles from the attack by USS Core's aircraft.
Wolfpack operations
U-84 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Grönland (16 Aug 1941 - 27 Aug 1941)
Markgraf (27 Aug 1941 - 13 Sep 1941)
Schlagetot (20 Oct 1941 - 1 Nov 1941)
Raubritter (1 Nov 1941 - 4 Nov 1941)
Seydlitz (27 Dec 1941 - 13 Jan 1942)
Ziethen (13 Jan 1942 - 22 Jan 1942)
Endrass (12 Jun 1942 - 17 Jun 1942)
Panther (6 Oct 1942 - 20 Oct 1942)
Veilchen (20 Oct 1942 - 5 Nov 1942)
Kreuzotter (9 Nov 1942 - 19 Nov 1942)
Sturmbock (21 Feb 1943 - 26 Feb 1943)
Wildfang (26 Feb 1943 - 5 Mar 1943)
Raubgraf (7 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
Seewolf (24 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
Adler (7 Apr 1943 - 13 Apr 1943)
Meise (13 Apr 1943 - 20 Apr 1943)
Specht (21 Apr 1943 - 25 Apr 1943)
General notes on this boat
See the article The Loss of U-84 by Dr. Axel Niestlé.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-84 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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There was another U-84 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Jul 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 7 Oct 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 84 during WWI.
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