Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-884
- Displacement
- 2,116 long tons (2,150 t)
- Length
- 87.58 m (287.3 ft)
- Beam
- 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Speed
- 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h, 22.1 mph)
- Complement
- 55
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
Service
- as U-884? — 30 March 19452,035 days of the war
Type IXD/42 submarine
Particulars
- Name
- U-884
- Builder
- DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
- Ordered
- 2 April 1942
- Laid down
- 29 August 1943
- Launched
- 17 May 1944
- Fate
- Bomb damaged on 30 March 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,116 long tons (2,150 t)
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,590 long tons (1,616 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,776 long tons (1,804 t)
- Length
- 87.58 m (287.3 ft)
- Beam
- 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Draught
- 5.35 m (17.6 ft)
- Speed
- 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h, 22.1 mph)
- Complement
- 55
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-884 was a Type IXD/42 submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen on 29 August 1943. She was launched on 17 May 1944.
She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.
The boat displaced 1,590 long tons surfaced and 1,776 long tons submerged. She measured 87.6 m (287 ft) long with a beam of 7.5 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 19.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 55.
Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,035 days of the Second World War.
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
- 4400 PS (diesels)
- 1000 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 24 × torpedoes
- 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun
- 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
- 2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-884 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.