Allied Warships

HMS H 44 (N 44)

Submarine of the H class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassH 
PennantN 44 
Built byArmstrong Whitworth (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
OrderedJul 1917 
Laid down10 Oct 1917 
Launched17 Feb 1919 
Commissioned23 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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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Hugh Alfred Vernon Haggard, RN2 Aug 193911 Mar 1940
2Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, RN11 Mar 194011 Aug 1940
3Lt. John Symons Huddart, RN11 Aug 1940Sep 1940
4Lt. David Anthony Baily Abdy, RNSep 194023 Nov 1940
5Lt. Francis Nelson Blois Johnson, RNR23 Nov 194022 Dec 1940
6Lt. Arthur Richard Hezlet, RN22 Dec 19409 Mar 1941
7Lt. Walter Neville Ronald Knox, DSC, RN9 Mar 194120 Jun 1941
8Lt. Alastair Campbell Gillespie Mars, RN20 Jun 19418 Mar 1942
9Lt. Stewart Armstrong Porter, RN8 Mar 19428 Apr 1942
10Lt. Reginald Peter Webb, RN8 Apr 194219 Jun 1942
11Lt. John Paton Fyfe, RN19 Jun 194221 Sep 1942
12Lt. David Roger Oakeley Mott, DSC, RN21 Sep 19428 Nov 1942
13Lt. Ian Stewart McIntosh, RN8 Nov 194210 Feb 1943
14Lt. Peter Scott Beale, RN10 Feb 194311 Apr 1943
15Lt. Rawdon Bannar-Martin, DSC, RN11 Apr 194321 Jun 1943
16Lt. Henry Carty Gowan, RN21 Jun 19437 Dec 1943
17Lt. Patrick Nicholas Joyce, RN27 Dec 194317 Jul 1944
18Lt. Roger Cresswell Bucknall, RN17 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.

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