German submarine U-184
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German submarine U-184 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II.
She was ordered on 15 August 1940 and was laid down on 10 June 1941 at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen, becoming yard number 1024. She was launched on 21 February 1942 and commissioned under her first and only commander Kapitänleutnant Günther Dangschat on 29 May.[1] After a period of training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla, she joined the 2nd U-boat Flotilla for operational service on 1 November 1942.[1]
Design
German Type IXC/40 submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXCs. U-184 had a displacement of Script error: No such module "convert". when at the surface and Script error: No such module "convert". while submerged.Template:Sfn The U-boat had a total length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a pressure hull length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert"., a height of Script error: No such module "convert"., and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of Script error: No such module "convert". for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of Script error: No such module "convert". for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two Script error: No such module "convert". propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Script error: No such module "convert". and a maximum submerged speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn When submerged, the boat could operate for Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert".; when surfaced, she could travel Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert".. U-184 was fitted with six Script error: No such module "convert". torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one Script error: No such module "convert". SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a Script error: No such module "convert". SK C/30 as well as a Script error: No such module "convert". C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight.Template:Sfn
Service history
On her first and only combat patrol she departed Bergen in Norway on 9 November 1942 and entered the north Atlantic via the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She sank a single ship, the British merchant vessel Widestone[2] about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Cape Farewell (Greenland) on 17 November 1942. There were no survivors.
On 21 November she was listed as missing with all 50 hands east of Newfoundland, in approximate position Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..
U-184Template:'s loss remains an unsolved mystery.[1] It is possible that she was sunk by a Canadian plane or warship as a result of the Battle of the St. Lawrence.
Previously recorded fate
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Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 November 1942 | Widestone | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 3,192 | Sunk |
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