U-37, (an identical U-boat to U-44) at Lorient in 1940
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-44 |
Ordered | 21 November 1936 |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number | 949 |
Laid down | 15 September 1938 |
Launched | 5 August 1939 |
Commissioned | 4 November 1939 |
Fate | Sunk by a mine on 13 March 1940 off the coast of the Netherlands. All crew members were lost[1][2] |
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Class and type | Type IXA submarine |
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Height | 9.40 m (30 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 13 206 |
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Victories: |
8 merchant ships sunk (30,885 GRT) |
German submarine U-44 was a Type IXA[3] U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II.[1] She was ordered in November 1936 and laid down in September 1938 in Bremen. She was launched in August 1939 and commissioned in November.[1]
During her service in the Kriegsmarine, U-44 conducted only two war patrols and sank a total of eight ships for a loss of 30,885 GRT. On 13 March 1940, she struck a mine that was located in field Number 7 off the north coast of the Netherlands. All 47 of her crew members went down with the submarine.[1]