German submarine U-144 (1940)

German submarine U-144 (1940)

Unterseeboot 144 was a Type IID U-boat of the Nazi Kriegsmarine during World War II, laid down on January 10, 1940 by Deutsche Werke of Kiel and commissioned on 2 October, 1940

Career

In three patrols U-144 sank 1 submarine for a total of 206 tons.

Soviet submarine M-78 was torpedoed and sunk, west of Widawa in position coord|57|28|N|21|17|E|scale:5000000 on June 23, 1941.

Fate

U-144 was sunk on 10 August, 1941 in the Gulf of Finland north of Dagö, in approximate position coord|59|N|23|E|scale:5000000, by torpedoes from the Soviet submarine SC-307. All 28 men inside were killed.


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