German submarine U-744
VII C
F. Schichau GmbH, Danzig
June 5, 1941
1547
June 5, 1942
March 11, 1943
June 5, 1943
Oblt.z.S. Heinz Blischke
- 8 U- Flotilla Training Boot June 5, 1943 - November 30, 1943
- 9th U - boat Flotilla front December 1, 1943 - March 6. 1944
2 patrols
U 744 was a German U- Boat Type VII C of the German Navy.
History
The keel was laid on June 5, 1942. After launching on March 11, 1943, the boat was put into service on June 5, 1943 and assigned to the 8th U- Flotilla for training. The commander was Oblt.z.S. Heinz Blischke.
Inserts
After completion of the training rides 744 U was used from 1 December 1943 to the 9th U - boat Flotilla as a front.
First patrol
On December 2, 1943 U 744 ran from the port of Kiel on his first mission trip. It met on January 3, 1944 south of Iceland on the convoy ON- 217 and torpedoed the British merchant ship Empire Housman, which had already been four days earlier torpedoed and damaged by U 545. The Empire Housman sank two days later, with a crew member lost his life. After 45 days at sea U finished 744 on January 15, 1944 in the French port of Brest use.
Second patrol
On February 24, 1944 U 744 left the base in Brest for its second war patrol. On March 2, the boat attacked the convoy MKS -40. The fired torpedoes sank the tank landing ship HMS LST -362 and damaged the HMS LST- 324. On March 5, 1944 U was located 744 from the British destroyer HMS Icarus. After the boat had been chased over 30 hours from the Icarus and the accompanying Canadian warships HMCS St. Catharines, HMCS Fennel, HMCS Chilliwack and HMCS Chaudiere and HMCS Gatineau with water bombs, it was forced to surface and torpedoed by the Icarus. Allied attempts to tow the boat to the nearest port, fell through and so U 744 was sunk on March 6 with water bombs.
Downfall
U 744 was sunk on March 6, 1944 in the North Atlantic by depth charges a British- Canadian battle group, after the attempt to tow the damaged boat failed. She sank to the position 52 ° 1 ' N, 22 ° 37' W52.016666666667 - 22.616666666667. Twelve crew members lost in the sinking of U 744 's life.