German submarine U-144 (1940)

History
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 Hiiumaa, 10 August 1941
Class and type	Type IID
Complement	28
Service record
Part of:	list error: <br /> list (help); Kriegsmarine:; 1st U-boat Flotilla (Training); 22nd U-boat Flotilla (School Boat); 22nd U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat)
Commanders:	list error: <br /> list (help); Friedrich von Hippel; Gert von Mittelstaedt
Operations:	Three
Victories:	One

German submarine U-144 was a Type IID U-boat of the Nazi 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 57°28′N 21°17′E / 57.467°N 21.283°E / 57.467; 21.283 on 23 June 1941.

U-144 was sunk on 10 August 1941 in the Gulf of Finland north of Hiiumaa, in approximate position 59°N 23°E / 59°N 23°E / 59; 23, by torpedoes from the Soviet submarine SC-307. All 28 men inside were killed.

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Type IIA	U-1 U-2 U-3 U-4 U-5 U-6
Type IIB	U-7 U-8 U-9 U-10 U-11 U-12 U-13 U-14 U-15 U-16 U-17 U-18 U-19 U-20 U-21 U-22 U-23 U-24 U-120 U-121
Type IIC	U-56 U-57 U-58 U-59 U-60 U-61 U-62 U-63
Type IID	U-137 U-138 U-139 U-140 U-141 U-142 U-143 U-144 U-145 U-146 U-147 U-148 U-149 U-150 U-151 U-152
Preceded by: Type I Followed by: Type VII List of U-boats of Germany