German submarine U-441

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-441
Ordered	5 January 1940
Builder	Schichau-Werke, Danzig
Yard number	1492
Laid down	15 October 1940
Launched	13 December 1941
Commissioned	21 February 1942
Fate	Sunk on 30 June 1944[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	As U-441 : 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted As U-flak 1 : 67 officers and ratings
Armament	As U-441 5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) various AA guns As U-Flak 1 2 × quad 2 cm (0.79 in) Flakvierling 38 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) Flak M42 additional MG 42 machine guns
Service record[1][2]
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla 21 February – 30 September 1942 1st U-boat Flotilla 1 October 1942 – 30 June 1944
Identification codes:	M 25 534
Commanders:	Kptlt. Klaus Hartmann 21 February 1942 – 15 May 1943 Kptlt. Götz von Hartmann 16 May 1943 – 5 August 1943 Kptlt. Klaus Hartmann 6 August 1943 – 30 June 1944
Operations:	9 patrols: 1st patrol: a. 17 – 27 September 1942 b. 1 October – 7 November 1942 2nd patrol: a. 7 – 11 December 1942 b. 13 December 1942 – 22 January 1943 3rd patrol: 27 February – 11 April 1943 4th patrol: 22 – 25 May 1943 5th patrol: 8 – 13 July 1943 6th patrol: 17 October – 8 November 1943 7th patrol: a. 18 January – 14 March 1944 b. 1 – 3 May 1944 8th patrol: 20 – 27 May 1944 9th patrol: 6 – 30 June 1944
Victories:	1 merchant ship sunk (7,051 GRT)

German submarine U-441 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, which served for a short time as an anti-aircraft submarine under the designation U-flak 1.

The submarine was laid down on 15 October 1940 at the Schichau-Werke in Danzig as yard number 1492, launched on 13 December 1941 and commissioned on 21 February 1942, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Klaus Hartmann.

U-441 first served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla, a training unit, and then operationally with the 1st flotilla from 1 October 1942. She was lost on 30 June 1944.^[1]