| Operations information for U-84 |
07.07.1941 - 15.07.1941 First Sailing
U-84 left Kiel under the command of Horst Uphoff on 7th Jul 1941 and arrived at return on 15th Jul 1941 after just over one week.
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09.08.1941 - 22.09.1941 Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 9th Aug 1941, U-84 left Bergen under the command of Horst Uphoff and after over six weeks arrived at return on 22nd Sep 1941.
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16.10.1941 - 18.11.1941 Third Sailing - active patrol
U-84 departed under Horst Uphoff from Lorient on 16th Oct 1941 and arrived at return on 18th Nov 1941 after more than four weeks.
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21.12.1941 - 07.02.1942 Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-84 left Brest under the command of Horst Uphoff on 21st Dec 1941 and after nearly seven weeks arrived at return on 7th Feb 1942.
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16.03.1942 - 16.05.1942 Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 16th Mar 1942, U-84 left Brest under the command of Horst Uphoff and arrived at return on 16th May 1942 after more than eight weeks.
Horst Uphoff hit two ships on this patrol.-
On 8th Apr 1942 he sank the Yugoslavian 5,226 ton Nemanja.
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On 21st Apr 1942 he sank the Panamanian 3,014 ton Chenango.
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10.06.1942 - 13.08.1942 Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-84 departed under Horst Uphoff from Brest on 10th Jun 1942 and after just over nine weeks arrived at return on 13th Aug 1942.
Horst Uphoff hit four ships on this patrol, one was from convoy TAW-4J.-
On 23rd Jun 1942 he sank the Norwegian 6,568 ton Torvanger.
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On 13th Jul 1942 he sank the American 5,990 ton Andrew Jackson.
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On 19th Jul 1942 he sank the 1,648 ton Baja California.
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On 21st Jul 1942 he damaged the American 7,176 ton William Cullen Bryant, sailing with convoy TAW-4J.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Torvanger.
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29.09.1942 - 07.12.1942 Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-84 left Brest under the command of Horst Uphoff on 29th Sep 1942 and arrived at return on 7th Dec 1942 after nearly ten weeks.
Horst Uphoff hit one ship on this patrol from convoy SC-107.-
On 2nd Nov 1942 he sank the British 7,459 ton Empire Sunrise, a member of convoy SC-107.
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17.02.1943 - 04.05.1943 Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 17th Feb 1943, U-84 left Brest under the command of Horst Uphoff and after nearly eleven weeks arrived at return on 4th May 1943. On 1st May 1943 in square BF 44, U-84 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 1404 Squadron.
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10.06.1943 - 07.08.1943 Ninth Sailing
U-84 departed under Horst Uphoff from Brest on 10th Jun 1943 and arrived at return on 7th Aug 1943 after over eight weeks.
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