U-544
Type | IXC/40 | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 8 Jul, 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 365) | ||
| Launched | 17 Feb, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 5 May, 1943 | Kptlt. Willy Mattke | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 5 May, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Nov, 1943 - 16 Jan, 1944 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 16 Jan, 1944 in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 40.30N, 37.20W, by depth charges and rockets from Avenger aircraft (VC-13) of the US escort carrier USS Guadalcanal. 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||
General notes on this boat
You can read about the attack on the U-544 on our USS Guadalcanal pages, chapter 3.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-544 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |