List of all U-boats
U-384
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 29 Mar 1941 | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (werk 15) | ||||||||
| Launched | 28 May 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 18 Jul 1942 | Oblt. Hans-Achim von Rosenberg-Gruszcynski | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 13,407 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 1745hrs on 19 March, 1943 south-west of Iceland, in position 54.18N, 26.15W, by depth charges from a British B-17 Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 206/B). 47 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, June 1975). | |||||||||
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Previously recorded fate
- Sunk by Sunderland aircraft (RAF 201/T) on 20 March, 1943 in position 54.18N, 26.15W. (Postwar assessment, June 1975)
Notes. This attack was in fact against U-631 but causing no damage to that boat.
Wolfpack operations
U-384 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Falke (28 Dec 1942 - 19 Jan 1943)
Landsknecht (19 Jan 1943 - 26 Jan 1943)
Stürmer (11 Mar 1943 - 19 Mar 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-384 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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