Nummer: 20806
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Date of attack : | 21.08.1944 |
| Time of attack : | 06:04 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 344 |
| Commander : | Pietsch |
| Grid : | AB 5456 |
| presumed target type : | Light Cruiser |
| presumed tonnage : | 5450 ts |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 3- |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo with preset course |
| Convoy : | JW.59 |
| Date of observation : | 21.08.1944 |
| Time of observation : | 07:50 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Sub Chaser |
| Name of target : | Kite (U.87) |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 1350 ts |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 73.01n 03.57e |
| Footnote : | U-344 hit "Kite" by a FAT spread and identified the ship as a cruiser of the Dido-class. |
| Convoy : | JW.59 |
| Route of convoy : | Loch Ewe - (Iceland) - Kola Fjord - (Arkhangelsk) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former PQ (counter traffic = RA) |