German submarine U-84 (1941)
Service
- as U-8429 April 1941 — 7 August 1943831 days of the war
- Name
- U-84
- Pennant / hull number
- 1941
- Builder
- Flender Werke AG, Lübeck
- Ordered
- 9 June 1938
- Laid down
- 9 November 1939
- Launched
- 26 February 1941
- Commissioned
- 29 April 1941
- Fate
- Sunk by US aircraft, 7 August 1943
By aircraft (1943) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 741 long tons (753 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 843 long tons (857 t)
- Length
- 66.5 m (218.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
- Range
- 8,700 nmi (16,112 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-84 was a Type VIIB submarine of the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1941. Her keel was laid at Flender Werke AG, Lübeck on 9 November 1939. Launched on 26 February 1941, she entered service on 29 April 1941.
Her class ran to 24 ships. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 741 long tons surfaced and 843 long tons submerged. She measured 66.5 m (218 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 831 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 7 August 1943 by aircraft, at 27°55′N 68°03′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-100 (1940)
- German submarine U-101 (1940)
- German submarine U-102 (1940)
- German submarine U-45 (1938)
- German submarine U-46 (1938)
- German submarine U-47 (1938)
- German submarine U-48 (1939)
- German submarine U-49 (1939)
- German submarine U-50 (1939)
- German submarine U-51 (1938)
- German submarine U-52 (1938)
- German submarine U-53 (1939)
- German submarine U-54 (1939)
- German submarine U-55 (1939)
- German submarine U-73 (1940)
- German submarine U-74 (1940)
- German submarine U-75 (1940)
- German submarine U-76 (1940)
- German submarine U-83 (1940)
- German submarine U-85 (1941)
- German submarine U-86 (1941)
- German submarine U-87 (1941)
- German submarine U-99 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-84 (1941) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: UK Government — http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons