| German submarine U-284 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | U-284 |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1941 |
| Builder: | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Yard number: | 49 |
| Laid down: | 1 July 1942 |
| Launched: | 6 March 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 14 April 1943 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, souheast of Greenland, November 1943[1] |
| 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 M6V 40/46 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 (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) 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 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
| Service record[2][3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (14 April 1943–31 October 1943) 9th U-boat Flotilla (1 November–21 December 1943) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt. Günter Scholz (14 April–21 December 1943) |
| Operations: |
One patrol: 28 November–21 December 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-284 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 1 July 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 49. She was launched on 6 March 1943 and commissioned on 14 April under the command of Oberleutnant Günter Scholz.[2]
Service history[]
U-284 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training from April to October 1943 and operationally with the 9th flotilla from 1 November.[2] She carried out one patrol, sinking no ships. She was a member of one wolfpack.
Patrol[]
The boat's only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 13 January 1944. She passed between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and into the Atlantic Ocean. She was scuttled southeast of Greenland on 21 November 1943, after sustaining sea damage. Her crew were taken off by U-629 and taken to Brest in occupied France, arriving on 5 January 1944.
See also[]
References[]
- Notes
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 162
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Type VIIC boat U-284 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/boats/u284.htm. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-284 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/boats/patrols/u284.html. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- Bibliography
External links[]
- U-284 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
Coordinates: 55°04′N 30°23′W / 55.067°N 30.383°W
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