Unterseeboot 184
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| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Type IXC/40 U-boat |
| Name: | U-184 |
| Ordered: | 15 August 1940 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down: | 10 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 21 February 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 29 May 1942 |
| Fate: | Missing since 21 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surfaced 1,120 tons tons submerged 1,232 tons |
| Length: | Overall 76.8 m (251 ft 11.6in) pressure hull 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | Overall 6.9 m (22 ft 7 in) pressure hull 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Draught: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel/Electric, 2x MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9 cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,300kW), 2xSSW GU345/34 double acting electric motors, 1000 hp (740kW) |
| Speed: | Surfaced 19 knots (35 km/h) submerged 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h) |
| Range: | Surfaced: 25,620 km (13,450 miles) at 10 knots (19 km/h) submerged: 117 km (63 miles) at 4 knots (7 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 48 to 56 officers & ratings |
| Armament: |
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Unterseeboot 184 was a German Type IXC/40 U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War.
She was ordered on 15 August 1940 and was laid down on 10 June 1941 at AG Weser, Bremen, becoming 'werk 1024'. She was launched on 21 February 1942 and commissioned under her first and only commander Kptlt. Günther Dangschat on 29 May 1942. After a period training with the 4. Unterseebootsflottille, she joined 2. Unterseebootsflottille for her combat service on 1 November 1942. She sank a single ship, the British merchant SS Widestone on 7 November 1942 and was later listed as missing with all 50 hands on 21 November 1942 somewhere in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland. It had been previously thought that U-184 had been sunk by depth charges from the Norwegian corvette Potentilla, but this attack was later found to have been against U-264, and had inflicted only minor damage.
