Type 44 torpedo boat

Line drawing of the Type 44
Class overview
Name	Type 44
Builders	Schichau, Elbing
Operators	Kriegsmarine
Preceded by	Type 41 torpedo boat
Succeeded by	None
Planned	6 or 9
Completed	0
Cancelled	All
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo boat
Displacement	1,418 long tons (1,441 t) (standard) 1,794 long tons (1,823 t) (deep load)
Length	103 m (337 ft 11 in) (o/a) 98 m (321 ft 6 in) (waterline)
Beam	10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Installed power	4 × water-tube boilers 52,000 shp (39,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	222
Armament	2 × twin 10.5 cm (4.1 in) dual-purpose guns 5 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 30 × mines

The Type 44 torpedo boats were a group of six or nine torpedo boats that were designed for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Ordered in 1944, none of the ships were laid down before the German surrender in May 1945.