German submarine U-184

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Career (Nazi Germany)

Name:	U-184
Ordered:	15 August 1940
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen
Laid down:	10 June 1941
Launched:	21 February 1942
Commissioned:	29 May 1942
Fate:	Missing since 21 November 1942
General characteristics
Type:	Type IXC/40 submarine
Displacement:	1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged
Length:	76.8 m (252 ft 0 in) o/a 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Beam:	6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) o/a 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height:	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draft:	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	2 × MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW)
Speed:	19 knots (35 km/h) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h) submerged
Range:	25,620 nmi (47,450 km; 29,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 117 nautical miles (217 km; 135 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	230 m (750 ft)
Complement:	48 to 56
Armament:	6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern) 22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes 1 × Utof 105 mm/45 deck gun (110 rounds) AA guns

German submarine U-184 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II.

She was ordered on 15 August 1940 and was laid down on 10 June 1941 at AG Weser, Bremen, becoming 'werk 1024'. She was launched on 21 February 1942 and commissioned under her first and only commander Kapitänleutnant Günther Dangschat on 29 May.^[1] After a period of training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla, she joined the 2nd U-boat Flotilla for operational service on 1 November 1942.^[1]

Service history

On her first and only combat patrol she departed Bergen in Norway on 9 November 1942 and entered the north Atlantic via the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She sank a single ship, the British merchant vessel SS Widestone^[2] about 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) southeast of Cape Farewell (Greenland) on 17 November 1942. There were no survivors.

On 21 November she was listed as missing with all 50 hands east of Newfoundland, in approximate position 49°N 45°W / 49°N 45°W / 49; -45Coordinates: 49°N 45°W / 49°N 45°W / 49; -45.

U-184's loss remains an unsolved mystery.^[1] It is possible that she was sunk by a Canadian plane or warship as a result of the Battle of the St. Lawrence.

Previously recorded fate

U-184 was thought to have been sunk by depth charges from the Norwegian corvette Potentilla, but in a post-war assessment this attack was later found to have been against U-264, and had inflicted only minor damage.

Summary of Raiding Career

Date	Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate^[3]
17 November 1942	Widestone	United Kingdom	3,192	Sunk

References

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Type IXC/40 boat U-184 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
↑ "Widestone (Steam merchant) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
↑ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u184.html

Bibliography

U-184 at uboat.net

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Preceded by: Type IXC Followed by: Type IXD

List of U-boats of Germany

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