| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | H |
| Pennant | N 44 |
| Built by | Armstrong Whitworth (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | Jul 1917 |
| Laid down | 10 Oct 1917 |
| Launched | 17 Feb 1919 |
| Commissioned | 23 Mar 1920 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap to West of Scotland Shipbreaking, Troon, Scotland in February 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS H 44 (N 44)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Hugh Alfred Vernon Haggard, RN | 2 Aug 1939 | 11 Mar 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, RN | 11 Mar 1940 | 11 Aug 1940 |
| 3 | Lt. John Symons Huddart, RN | 11 Aug 1940 | Sep 1940 |
| 4 | Lt. David Anthony Baily Abdy, RN | Sep 1940 | 23 Nov 1940 |
| 5 | Lt. Francis Nelson Blois Johnson, RNR | 23 Nov 1940 | 22 Dec 1940 |
| 6 | Lt. Arthur Richard Hezlet, RN | 22 Dec 1940 | 9 Mar 1941 |
| 7 | Lt. Walter Neville Ronald Knox, DSC, RN | 9 Mar 1941 | 20 Jun 1941 |
| 8 | Lt. Alastair Campbell Gillespie Mars, RN | 20 Jun 1941 | 6 Nov 1941 |
| 9 | Lt. John Samuel Stevens, DSC, RN | 6 Nov 1941 | 6 Dec 1941 |
| 10 | Lt. John Anthony Spender, RN | 6 Dec 1941 | 28 Jan 1942 |
| 11 | Lt. Anthony Walter Langridge, RN | 28 Jan 1942 | 7 Mar 1942 |
| 12 | Lt. Stewart Armstrong Porter, RN | 7 Mar 1942 | 9 Apr 1942 |
| 13 | Lt. Reginald Peter Webb, RN | 9 Apr 1942 | 19 Jun 1942 |
| 14 | Lt. John Paton Fyfe, RN | 19 Jun 1942 | 21 Sep 1942 |
| 15 | Lt. David Roger Oakeley Mott, DSC, RN | 21 Sep 1942 | 8 Nov 1942 |
| 16 | Lt. Ian Stewart McIntosh, RN | 8 Nov 1942 | 10 Feb 1943 |
| 17 | Lt. Peter Scott Beale, RN | 10 Feb 1943 | 11 Apr 1943 |
| 18 | Lt. Rawdon Bannar-Martin, DSC, RN | 11 Apr 1943 | 21 Jun 1943 |
| 19 | Lt. Henry Carty Gowan, RN | 21 Jun 1943 | 7 Dec 1943 |
| 20 | Lt. Patrick Nicholas Joyce, RN | 27 Dec 1943 | 17 Jul 1944 |
| 21 | Lt. Roger Cresswell Bucknall, RN | 17 Jul 1944 |
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Noteable events involving H 44 include:
21 Jun 1940
HMS H 44 (Lt. E.D. Norman, RN) torpedoes and sinks the small Danish merchant Alfa (844 GRT, built 1921) off Texel, Netherlands.
At 1750 hours HMS H 44 spotted a merchant ship of about 3000 tons at 4000 yards. At 1810 hours two torpedoes were fired from 3500 yards. One torpedo was seen to hit the target amidships three minutes after firing. Four of the crew of the Alfa died in the attack.