History | |
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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 | |
Length | 65 m (213 ft 3 in) ( o/a) |
Beam |
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Height | 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 shafts |
Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 36 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: |
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Commanders: |
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Operations: | 6 patrols |
Victories: |
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.
SM U-44, under the command of Paul Wagenführ, was completed at Danzig about June or July 1915. She later joined the Kiel School, where she remained until 20 August 1915 undergoing trials. She then proceeded to the North Sea and was attached to the 3rd Half Flotilla.
On 12 August 1917, U-44 was rammed and sunk in the North Sea south of Norway ( 58°50′N 4°20′E / 58.833°N 4.333°E) by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Oracle with the loss of all 44 of her crew. [2]
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 1] | Fate [3] |
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25 March 1916 | Ottomar | Russian Empire | 327 | Sunk |
27 March 1916 | Manchester Engineer | United Kingdom | 4,302 | Sunk |
29 March 1916 | HMS Begonia | Royal Navy | 1,250 | Damaged |
30 March 1916 | Bell | Norway | 3,765 | Sunk |
31 March 1916 | Achilles | United Kingdom | 7,043 | Sunk |
31 March 1916 | Goldmouth | United Kingdom | 7,446 | Sunk |
31 March 1916 | Hans Gude | Norway | 1,110 | Sunk |
1 April 1916 | Ashburton | United Kingdom | 4,445 | Sunk |
27 September 1916 | Thurso | United Kingdom | 1,244 | Sunk |
16 January 1917 | Baron Sempill | United Kingdom | 1,607 | Sunk |
23 January 1917 | Agnes | United Kingdom | 125 | Captured as prize |
23 January 1917 | George E. Benson | United Kingdom | 155 | Captured as prize |
23 January 1917 | Vera | United Kingdom | 150 | Captured as prize |
6 March 1917 | Caldergrove | United Kingdom | 4,327 | Sunk |
6 March 1917 | Fenay Lodge | United Kingdom | 3,223 | Sunk |
7 March 1917 | Ohio | France | 8,719 | Sunk |
8 March 1917 | Dunbarmoor | United Kingdom | 3,651 | Sunk |
8 March 1917 | Silas | Norway | 750 | Sunk |
10 March 1917 | Aracataca | United Kingdom | 4,154 | Damaged |
14 March 1917 | Bray Head | United Kingdom | 3,077 | Sunk |
16 March 1917 | Narragansett | United Kingdom | 9,196 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | Vacuum | United States | 2,551 | Sunk |
2 May 1917 | Natuna | Norway | 1,121 | Sunk |
21 July 1917 | HMT Robert Smith | Royal Navy | 211 | Sunk |
24 July 1917 | Thorsdal | Norway | 2,200 | Sunk |
27 July 1917 | John Hays Hammond | United States | 132 | Sunk |
5 August 1917 | HMS Bracondale | Royal Navy | 2,095 | Sunk |
History | |
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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 | |
Length | 65 m (213 ft 3 in) ( o/a) |
Beam |
|
Height | 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 shafts |
Speed |
|
Range |
|
Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 36 |
Armament |
|
Service record | |
Part of: |
|
Commanders: |
|
Operations: | 6 patrols |
Victories: |
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.
SM U-44, under the command of Paul Wagenführ, was completed at Danzig about June or July 1915. She later joined the Kiel School, where she remained until 20 August 1915 undergoing trials. She then proceeded to the North Sea and was attached to the 3rd Half Flotilla.
On 12 August 1917, U-44 was rammed and sunk in the North Sea south of Norway ( 58°50′N 4°20′E / 58.833°N 4.333°E) by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Oracle with the loss of all 44 of her crew. [2]
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 1] | Fate [3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
25 March 1916 | Ottomar | Russian Empire | 327 | Sunk |
27 March 1916 | Manchester Engineer | United Kingdom | 4,302 | Sunk |
29 March 1916 | HMS Begonia | Royal Navy | 1,250 | Damaged |
30 March 1916 | Bell | Norway | 3,765 | Sunk |
31 March 1916 | Achilles | United Kingdom | 7,043 | Sunk |
31 March 1916 | Goldmouth | United Kingdom | 7,446 | Sunk |
31 March 1916 | Hans Gude | Norway | 1,110 | Sunk |
1 April 1916 | Ashburton | United Kingdom | 4,445 | Sunk |
27 September 1916 | Thurso | United Kingdom | 1,244 | Sunk |
16 January 1917 | Baron Sempill | United Kingdom | 1,607 | Sunk |
23 January 1917 | Agnes | United Kingdom | 125 | Captured as prize |
23 January 1917 | George E. Benson | United Kingdom | 155 | Captured as prize |
23 January 1917 | Vera | United Kingdom | 150 | Captured as prize |
6 March 1917 | Caldergrove | United Kingdom | 4,327 | Sunk |
6 March 1917 | Fenay Lodge | United Kingdom | 3,223 | Sunk |
7 March 1917 | Ohio | France | 8,719 | Sunk |
8 March 1917 | Dunbarmoor | United Kingdom | 3,651 | Sunk |
8 March 1917 | Silas | Norway | 750 | Sunk |
10 March 1917 | Aracataca | United Kingdom | 4,154 | Damaged |
14 March 1917 | Bray Head | United Kingdom | 3,077 | Sunk |
16 March 1917 | Narragansett | United Kingdom | 9,196 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | Vacuum | United States | 2,551 | Sunk |
2 May 1917 | Natuna | Norway | 1,121 | Sunk |
21 July 1917 | HMT Robert Smith | Royal Navy | 211 | Sunk |
24 July 1917 | Thorsdal | Norway | 2,200 | Sunk |
27 July 1917 | John Hays Hammond | United States | 132 | Sunk |
5 August 1917 | HMS Bracondale | Royal Navy | 2,095 | Sunk |