U-84 - 8th War Patrol

Translation by Jerry Mason with help from Andi Forster

Departed	Date	Arrived/Loss	Date	Days at Sea
Brest	10 June 1943	Loss	7 August 1943	59

 

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Ships Hit

None

Note:  The positions in the table above and in the Google Earth patrol summary are derived from the KTB and in many cases do not match those set forth in authoritative references such as Jürgen Rohwer, Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two or the Uboat.net website.  The goal here is to present the picture relative to the U-boat and not the absolute position that the ship was attacked or sank.

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		K  r  i  e  g  s  t  a  g  e  b  u  c  h   "U  84" Kommandant:  Kaptl.    U  p  h  o  f  f    (Reconstruction by 2.Slk./B.d.U.Op.)
		1943
		05.05. - 09.06.43	Brest	Shipyard period, repair work on the boat.
				Outfitting for the Front.
		10.06.43	Brest	Departed with orders to head for BE 91.
		11.06.43
		08.58		From F.d.U. West:
	[Group North and South were groups of outbound boats crossing the Bay of Biscay]			Leader of the North Group is U-84.  Neither the North or South Group receives close escort today because of lack of strength.
		10.53		From F.d.U. West:
				Group Uphoff:  10.45 hours Ju 88 tasked as close escort.
		14.30	BF 4992	From U-84:
				Last Short Signal confirmed as unclear was from me.  Must mean:  240°, speed 13 knots.
		16.20		From F.d.U. West:
				To Group Uphoff.
				Additional Ju 88 took off.  Close escort intended up to darkness.
		13.06.43
		13.54	CG 1144	U-84 reported position.
		17.07		From B.d.U.:
				Objective for U-84 is DG 40.
		20.30	CF 3526	From U-84:
				Group transit good.  Southern Bay of Biscay no air.  12 June Sunderland contact without attack.  Shook off by diving of the group.  13 June twice Sunderland, apparently unnoticed.
		15.06.43
		19.16		From B.d.U.:
				U-84 head for CE 7895.
		19.06.43
		21.55		From B.d.U.:
				After filling to full inventory head for EC 10.
		28.06.43
		17.48		Radio Message from U-536:
				. . . U-84 on 26 June supplied from U-489.
		30.06.43
		23.50		From B.d.U.:
				From 1 July 08.00 hours switch to America II.
		06.07.43
		11.45		From B.d.U.:
				U-84 free to maneuver in area U-732 and U-134.  (DM 61, EB 37, EC 29, DN 53 and DL 31, 67, DM 69, DB 93.)
		26.07.43
		23.45		From B.d.U.:
				U-84 report situation.
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		28.07.43
		21.56		From B.d.U.:
				Report situation:
		30.07.43
		00.40	DM 4128	From U-84:
				1)  Situation:  DM 70 like U-732.  DL 60:  Medium traffic along the edge of the Bank.  Light inexperienced day and night air, with the moon without radar sometimes with lights.  Yucatan Strait strong night air without radar.  DM 18, 19, 27 medium independent and convoy traffic east-west and the reverse in visual range of beacons.  Day strong air, nights sea and light air with radar.  Tortugas objective point out of the Gulf.
				2)  16 July DL 6415 three-fan on 6000 GRT, left burning.  21 July double and single unexplained miss on 7000 GRT.  Impacts heard.  1 tube runner.
				3)  28 July DM 1949 during tanker hunt starboard diesel piston seizure.  Again ready for 13 knots.  4 plus 1 torpedoes.  53 cbm, provisions for 3 weeks.  Request Metox tubes.
				4)  Day roll call is too early.  Missing Serial Numbers.
		31.07.43
		12.16		From B.d.U.:
				U-84 head for CD 40.  About there supply from U-117 for further transit to the homeland intended.
		03.08.43
		21.54		From B.d.U.:
				. . . . Uphoff . . . Return transit in direction DF 30.  Due to the tense supply situation economical fuel and provisions consumption is mandatory for all boats.
		07.08.43
		03.22	DC 8596	From U-84:
				Still have 36 cbm and 3 weeks provisions.
		14.08.43
		12.03		From B.d.U.:
				1)  U-760 begin return transit.
				2)  In CD 7925 wait on U-84, arrival is expected from 18 August.  Radio silence.  Only report, if boat is not met by 21 August.
				3)  Give fuel and provisions for transit to Bergen.  After completion report "yes".
		22.05		From B.d.U.:
				From 15 August 08.00 hours switch to Ireland Circuit.
		18.08.43
		05.54		From B.d.U. to U-760 and U-84:
				New meeting point from 19 August 16.00 hours is CD 4516.
			Because U-84 was not at the meeting point, on 26 August it was ordered to report position, this remained without answer.
			U-760 encountered an enemy destroyers at the meeting point CD 7925 for 18 August and received depth charges.  It was assumed that U-84 was destroyed by the same units.
			"U-84" was declared missing one star on 3 September effective 26 August, on 18. May 1944 declared missing two stars.
			Total loss is assumed.
			For the Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote
			- The Chief of the Operations Department -

 

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