Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Jul 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 49) | ||||||||
| Launched | 6 Mar 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 14 Apr 1943 | Oblt. Günther Scholz | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 21 Dec, 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Greenland, in position 55.04N, 30.23W, after sustaining sea damage. 49 survivors (no casualties). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-284 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Coronel 1 (14 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943)
General notes on this boat
21 Dec 1943. Her sister, the U-629, rescued the entire crew and brought them back to base at Brest on 5 January, 1944.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-284 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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