U-544

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down 8 Jul 1942 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 365)
Launched17 Feb 1943
Commissioned5 May 1943Kptlt. Willy Mattke
Commanders
5 May 1943 - 16 Jan 1944  KrvKpt. Willy Mattke
Career1 patrol 5 May 1943 - 31 Oct 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1943 - 16 Jan 1944  10. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo 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).

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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.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.