German submarine ''U-144'' was a
Type IID U-boat of
Nazi Germany's ''
Kriegsmarine
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'' during World War II. She was
laid down on 10 January 1940 by
Deutsche Werke
Deutsche Werke was a German shipbuilding company that was founded in 1925 when Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and other shipyards were merged. It came as a result of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I that forced the German defense industry to ...
of
Kiel and
commissioned on 2 October 1940.
Design
German Type IID submarine
The Type II U-boat was designed by Nazi Germany as a coastal U-boat, modeled after the CV-707 submarine, which was designed by the Dutch dummy company NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw Den Haag (I.v.S) (set up by Germany after World War ...
s were enlarged versions of the original
Type IIs. ''U-144'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. Officially, the standard tonnage was , however. The U-boat had a total length of , a
pressure hull length of , a
beam
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of , a height of , and a
draught of . The submarine was powered by two
MWM RS 127 S four-stroke, six-cylinder
diesel engines of for cruising, two
Siemens-Schuckert PG VV 322/36
double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two
propeller
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s. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-144'' was fitted with three
torpedo tubes at the bow, five
torpedoes or up to twelve Type A torpedo mines, and a
anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a
complement of 25.
Service history
In three patrols, ''U-144'' sank one
submarine
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for a total of 206 tons. The
Soviet submarine was
torpedoed and sunk, west of Windawa/Windau (
Ventspils) in position on 23 June 1941.
Fate
''U-144'' was sunk on 10 August 1941 in the
Gulf of Finland
The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...
north of
Hiiumaa, in approximate position , by torpedoes from the
Soviet submarine ShCh-307
''Shch-307'' was a of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by Baltiyskiy Zavod in Leningrad on 6 November 1933. She was launched on 1 August 1934 and commissioned on 4 August 1935 in the Baltic Fleet.
Service history
The submarine took part ...
. All 28 men inside were killed.
Summary of raiding history
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German Type II submarines
U-boats commissioned in 1940
U-boats sunk in 1941
World War II submarines of Germany
World War II shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea
1940 ships
Ships built in Kiel
U-boats sunk by Soviet submarines
Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Finland
Ships lost with all hands
Maritime incidents in August 1941