German submarine U-484
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-484 |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1941 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 319 |
| Laid down: | 27 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 20 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 19 January 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk by British warships northwest of Ireland, September 1944[1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) Various AA guns |
| Service record[3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (19 January – 31 July 1944) 3rd U-boat Flotilla (1 August – 9 October 1944) |
| Commanders: |
KrvKpt. Wolf-Axel Schaefer (19 January – 9 September 1944) |
| Operations: | 14 August – 9 September 1944 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-484 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out one patrol. She sank no ships.
She was sunk by British warships northwest of Ireland, in September 1944.[4]
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 27 March 1943 at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 319, launched on 20 November and commissioned on 19 January 1944 under the command of Korvetten-Kapitän Wolf-Axel Schaefer.
She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 19 January 1944 for training and the 3rd flotilla from 1 August for operations.
Patrol and loss
U-484's only patrol was preceded by a short trip from Kiel in Germany to Horten (south of Oslo), in Norway. The patrol itself began with the boat's departure from Horten on 18 August 1944. She passed through the 'gap' separating Iceland and the Faroe Islands and was shortly afterwards attacked and sunk by depth charges dropped by two British warships, the corvette HMS Porchester Castle and the frigate HMS Helmsdale.
Fifty-two men went down with U-484; there were no survivors.[4][5]
Previously recorded fate
Sunk on 9 September 1944 by depth charges from two Canadian warships, the corvette HMCS Dunver and the frigate HMCS Hespeler. This attack was on a non-submarine target.
See also
- List of German U-boats
References
- Notes
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u477/htm
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 217
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-484 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kemp, p. 217
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u484/htm
- Bibliography
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