U-847
Type | IXD2 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 23 Nov 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1053) | ||||||||
| Launched | 5 Sep 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 23 Jan 1943 | Kptlt. Friedrich Guggenberger (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 23 Jan 1943 - 30 Jun 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Jul 1943 - 27 Aug 1943 12. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 27 Aug, 1943 in the Sargasso Sea, in position 28.19N, 37.58W, by air-launched (Fido) torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-1) of the American escort carrier USS Card. 62 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Attacks on this boat
26 Jan 1943
During training in Wesermünde an accident occured while the machine gun was being fired. One crewmember died, one was heavily wounded.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
General notes on this boat
12 Aug 1943. From 12 to 23 August, 1943 U-847 supported seven U-boats with fuel. The boat was heading for the Indian Ocean to join the Monsoon wolfpack operating there.
Men lost from the boat
26 Jan 1943
During training in Wesermünde an accident occured while the machine gun was being fired. One crewmember died, one was heavily wounded.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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