German submarine U-444

German submarine U-444 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out two patrols. She sank no ships.

She was a member of three wolfpacks.

She was sunk by Allied warships in mid-Atlantic in March 1943.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 10 February 1941 at F. Schicau GmbH in Danzig (now Gdansk) as 'werk' 1499, launched on 26 February 1942 and commissioned on 9 May under the command of Oberleutnant Albert Langfeld.

She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 9 May 1942 for training and the 3rd flotilla from 1 January 1943 for operations.

1st patrol
U-432's first patrol began from Kiel in Germany on 17 December 1942. She headed for the Atlantic Ocean, via the 'gap' separating the Faroe and Shetland Islands. She arrived at La Pallice in occupied France on 3 February 1943.

2nd patrol and loss
U-444 left La Pallice on 1 March 1943; on the 11th she was sunk in mid-Atlantic by a combination of depth charges and ramming by the British destroyer HMS Harvester and the Free French corvette Aconit''.

Forty-one men went down with U-444; there were four survivors.