German submarine U-144 (1940)

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-144.
Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: U-144
Ordered: 25 September 1939
Builder: Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Laid down: 10 January 1940
Launched: 24 August 1940
Commissioned: 2 October 1940
Fate: Sunk in the Gulf of Finland north of Dagö, 10 August 1941
Class and type: Type IID
Complement: 28
Service record
Part of: Kriegsmarine:
1st U-boat Flotilla (Training)
22nd U-boat Flotilla (School Boat)
22nd U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat)
Commanders: Friedrich von Hippel
Gert von Mittelstaedt
Operations: 3
Victories: 1

German submarine U-144 was a Type IID U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 10 January 1940 by Deutsche Werke of Kiel and commissioned on 2 October 1940.[1]

Career

In three patrols U-144 sank one submarine for a total of 206 tons. The Soviet submarine M-78 was torpedoed and sunk, west of Widawa in position on 23 June 1941.

Fate

U-144 was sunk on 10 August 1941 in the Gulf of Finland north of Dagö, in approximate position , by torpedoes from the Soviet submarine SC-307. All 28 men inside were killed.

References

  1. ^ Uboat.net Accessed 10 February 2009.
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