SM U-14 (Germany)

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-14.

SM U-14^{[Note 1]} was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

U-14
History
Germany
Name	U-14
Ordered	23 February 1909
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Cost	2,101,000 Goldmark
Yard number	9
Launched	11 July 1911
Commissioned	24 April 1912
Fate	Sunk on 5 June 1915
General characteristics
Class & type	Type U 13 submarine
Displacement	516 t (508 long tons) surfaced 644 t (634 long tons) submerged
Length	57.88 m (189 ft 11 in)
Beam	6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Draught	3.44 m (11 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 900 PS (660 kW; 890 shp) 2 × SSW electric motors with 1,040 PS (760 kW; 1,030 shp) 550 rpm surfaced 600 rpm submerged
Speed	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) surfaced 10.7 knots (19.8 km/h; 12.3 mph) submerged
Test depth	50 m (160 ft)
Boats & landing craft carried	1 dinghy
Complement	4 officers, 25 men
Armament	4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern) 6 torpedoes 1 × 5 cm (2.0 in) SK L/40 gun
Service record
Part of:	I Flotilla 1 August 1914 – 5 June 1915
Commanders:	Kptlt. Walther Schwieger[1] 1 August – 15 December 1914 Kptlt. Otto Dröscher[2] 17 December 1914 – 15 April 1915 Oblt.z.S. Max Hammerle[3] 16 April – 5 June 1915
Operations:	1 patrol
Victories:	2 merchant ships sunk (3,907 GRT)

Service history

U-14 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. U-14 was damaged by an air raid on the German-occupied port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, on the night of 12 February 1915.^[4]

Fate

On 5 June 1915, U-14 approached the trawler Oceanic II off Peterhead, firing a couple of warning shots, but Oceanic II was armed and was acting as a decoy and returned fire, being joined by the armed trawler Hawk. U-14 was hit several times, and, unable to escape by submerging, sank at 57°16′N 1°16′E, with six officers and 21 ratings being rescued, and one man, her commanding officer, being killed.^[5][6]

Summary of raiding history

Date	Ship Name	Nationality	Tonnage[Note 2]	Fate[7]
2 June 1915	Cyrus	Denmark	1,669	Sunk
3 June 1915	Lappland	Sweden	2,238	Sunk