German submarine U-744
Service
- as U-7445 June 1943 — 6 March 1944275 days of the war
- Name
- U-744
- Builder
- F Schichau GmbH, Danzig
- Ordered
- 5 June 1941
- Laid down
- 5 June 1942
- Launched
- 11 March 1943
- Commissioned
- 5 June 1943
- Fate
- Sunk on 6 March 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 757 long tons (769 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 857 long tons (871 t)
- Length
- 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
- Range
- 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-744 was a Type VIIC submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at F Schichau GmbH, Danzig on 5 June 1942. She entered service on 5 June 1943, having been launched on 11 March 1943.
She was one of 612 ships of her class. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 275 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 6 March 1944. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 14 × torpedoes
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns
Sister ships
- French submarine Laubie
- German submarine U-1000
- German submarine U-1004
- German submarine U-1017
- German submarine U-1018
- German submarine U-1021
- German submarine U-1022
- German submarine U-1023
- German submarine U-1024
- German submarine U-1051
- German submarine U-1052
- German submarine U-1053
- German submarine U-1054
- German submarine U-1055
- German submarine U-1056
- German submarine U-1057
- German submarine U-1058
- German submarine U-1063
- German submarine U-1064
- German submarine U-1065
- German submarine U-1101
- German submarine U-1102
- German submarine U-1131
- German submarine U-1132
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-744 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: William Hamilton / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-140824 — Library and Archives Canada does not allow free use of its copyrighted works. See Category:Images from Library and Archives Canada — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons