German submarine U-484

German submarine U-484 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out one patrol. She sank no ships.

She was sunk by British warships northwest of Ireland, in September 1944.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 27 March 1943 at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 319, launched on 20 November and commissioned on 19 January 1944 under the command of KorvettenKapitän'' Wolf-Axel Schaefer.

She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 19 January 1944 for training and the 3rd flotilla from 1 August for operations.

Patrol and loss
U-484's only patrol was preceded by a short trip from Kiel in Germany to Horten (south of Oslo), in Norway. The patrol itself began with the boat's departure from Horten on 18 August 1944. She passed through the 'gap' separating Iceland and the Faroe Islands and was shortly afterwards attacked and sunk by depth charges dropped by two British warships, the corvette HMS Porchester Castle and the frigate HMS Helmsdale.

Fifty-two men went down with U-484; there were no survivors.

Previously recorded fate
Sunk on 9 September 1944 by depth charges from two Canadian warships, the corvette HMCS Dunver and the frigate HMCS Hespeler. This attack was on a non-submarine target.