WWI U-boats
U 84
| Type | U 81 | ||||
| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 254) | ||||
| Ordered | 23 Jun 1915 | ||||
| Laid down | 25 Oct 1915 | ||||
| Launched | 22 Jul 1916 | ||||
| Commissioned | 7 Oct 1916 | ||||
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| Career | 8 patrols | ||||
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| Successes | 28 ships sunk with a total of 84,906 tons. 7 ships damaged with a total of 42,149 tons. 2 ships taken as prize with a total of 3,462 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 1,290 tons. (View ships hit by U 84) | ||||
| Fate | 15 Jan 1918 - Sunk by unknown cause off Penmarch, France. Date of loss approximate. Wreck located in 2014, identified 2016. 41 dead (all hands lost). | ||||
Previously recorded fate
Rammed, depth charged, and sunk by PC62 in St George Channel at 51°53’N 05°44’W
There was another U 84 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 26 Feb 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 29 Apr 1941. Take a look at U 84 from WWII.