German submarine U-445  German submarine "U-445" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out nine patrols. She sank no ships. She was a member of one wolfpack. She was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by a British warship in August 1944. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. "U-445" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8–27 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . "U-445" was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and a C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. The submarine was laid down on 9 April 1940 at Schichau-Werke in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) as yard number 1505, launched on 19 March 1942 and commissioned on 30 May under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Heinz-Konrad Fenn. She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 30 May 1941 for training and the 6th flotilla from 1 November 1942 for operations. "U-432"s first patrol was preceded by the short journey from Kiel in Germany to Marviken. The patrol itself commenced with her departure from Marviken on 8 November 1942. She proceeded via the gap separating the Faroe and Shetland Islands and into the Atlantic Ocean. She arrived at St. Nazaire in occupied France on 3 January 1943. Her second sortie was carried out north of the Azores and west of Gibraltar. The submarine's third patrol was relatively uneventful. The boat's fourth patrol was, at 68 days, her longest.