SM UB-44
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | UB-44 |
| Ordered | 31 July 1915 |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number | 246 |
| Laid down | 3 September 1915 |
| Launched | 20 April 1916 |
| Commissioned | 11 May 1916 |
| Fate | Missing since 8 August 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type UB II submarine |
| Displacement | |
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| Draught | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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| Complement | 22 |
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| Service record | |
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| Operations: | 2 patrols |
| Victories: |
1 merchant ship sunk (3,409 GRT) |
SM UB-44 was a Type UB II submarine or U-boat for the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. UB-44 operated in the Mediterranean and disappeared in August 1916.
UB-44 was ordered in July 1915 and was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in September. UB-44 was about 37 metres (121 ft 5 in) in length and displaced between 270 and 305 tonnes (266 and 300 long tons), depending on whether surfaced or submerged. She was equipped to carry a complement of four torpedoes for her two bow torpedo tubes and had an 5-centimeter (2.0 in) deck gun. As part of a group of six submarines selected for Mediterranean service, UB-44 was broken into railcar sized components and shipped to Pola where she was assembled and launched in April 1916 and commissioned in May.
In two patrols in her three-month career, UB-44 sank one ship of 3,409 gross register tons (GRT). In early August 1916, UB-44 departed from Cattaro for Hersingstand and never arrived. Her fate is officially unknown, but she may have been sunk by a torpedo boat near the island of Paxoi on 8 August.