U-144
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type II-class Submarine |
Builder | Deutsche Werke Kiel |
Yard Number | 273 |
Slip/Drydock Number | III |
Ordered | 25 Sep 1939 |
Laid Down | 10 Jan 1940 |
Launched | 24 Aug 1940 |
Commissioned | 2 Oct 1940 |
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23 Jun 1941 | Soviet submarine M-78 (Senior Lieutenant Dimitriy L. Shevchenko) was attacked off Uzava, Latvia by German aircraft at 0336 hours. At 0654 hours, 9 miles west of Vindava, Latvia, German submarine U-144 intercepted M-78 and sank her with two torpedo hits, killing all 15 aboard, including the commander of the 4th Submarine Division S. I. Matveev. The M-78 had left Liepaja, Latvia the day before together with M-77. This was the first sinking scored by a German submarine in the Baltic Sea in the war. |
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