SM U-44

History
German Empire
Name	U-44
Ordered	10 July 1913
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Yard number	22
Launched	15 October 1914
Commissioned	7 May 1915
Fate	Sunk 12 August 1917
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Type U-43 submarine
Displacement	725 t (714 long tons) surfaced 940 t (930 long tons) submerged
Length	65 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (oa) 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in) (pressure hull)
Height	8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.74 m (12 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × 2,000 PS (1,471 kW; 1,973 shp) surfaced 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) surfaced 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h; 11.2 mph) submerged
Range	11,400 nmi (21,100 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 51 nmi (94 km; 59 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement	36
Armament	4 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern) 6 torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun
Service record
Part of:	III Flotilla Unknown start - 12 August 1917
Commanders:	Kptlt. Paul Wagenführ 7 May 1915 – 12 August 1917
Operations:	6 patrols
Victories:	20 merchant ships sunk (70,236 GRT) 2 auxiliary warships sunk (2,306 GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (4,154 GRT) 1 warship damaged (1,250 tons) 3 merchant ships taken as prize (430 GRT)

SM U-44 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. Launched in 1915, she was sunk in August 1917.