WWI U-boats
U 44
Type | U 43 | ||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 22) | ||||
Ordered | 10 Jul 1913 | ||||
Launched | 15 Oct 1914 | ||||
Commissioned | 7 May 1915 | ||||
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Career | 6 patrols | ||||
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Successes | 22 ships sunk with a total of 72,542 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 4,154 tons. 3 ships taken as prize with a total of 430 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 1,250 tons. (View ships hit by U 44) | ||||
Fate | 12 Aug 1917 - Rammed by HMS Oracle off S Norway at 58.51N 04.20E. 44 dead (all hands lost). |
There was another U 44 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 5 Aug 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 4 Nov 1939. Take a look at U 44 from WWII.