U-84

Type

VIIB

 
Ordered9 Jun 1938
Laid down 9 Nov 1939 Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 280)
Launched26 Feb 1941
Commissioned29 Apr 1941Oblt. Horst Uphoff
Commanders
29 Apr 1941 - 7 Aug 1943  Kptlt. Horst Uphoff
Career8 patrols 29 Apr 1941 - 31 Aug 1941  1. Flottille (training)
1 Sep 1941 - 7 Aug 1943  1. Flottille (front boat)
Successes6 ships sunk for a total of 29,905 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7,176 GRT
Fate

Sunk on 7 Aug, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 27.55N, 68.03W, by a Mk 24 homing torpedo from an American Liberator aircraft (VB-105/B-4 USN). 46 dead (all hands lost).

See the 7 ships hit by U-84 - View the 8 war patrols

Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by Axel Niestlé during February 2002. More on revised fates.

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

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:
   Endrass (12 Jun 1942 - 21 Jun 1942)
   Panther (8 Oct 1942 - 14 Oct 1942)
   Veilchen (24 Oct 1942 - 6 Nov 1942)
   Sturmbock (21 Feb 1943 - 25 Feb 1943)
   Wildfang (25 Feb 1943 - 7 Mar 1943)
   Raubgraf (7 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
   Seewolf (25 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
   Adler (7 Apr 1943 - 12 Apr 1943)
   Meise (20 Apr 1943 - 27 Apr 1943)

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 Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.


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 the U 84 during WWI.