SM U 14
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| Technical specifications | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Submarine class: | U 13 - U 15 | |
| Displacement: | 516 tons (above water) 644 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 57.88 m | |
| Width: | 6.00 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Drive: | Petroleum motors 2 × 350 PS 2 × 250 PS E-machines 2 × 550 PS |
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| Armament | 2 bow tubes / 2 stern tubes / 6 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (artillery) |
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| Crew: | 28 men | |
| Speed: | 14.8 knots (above water) 10.7 knots (under water) |
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| Calls: | 1 patrol | |
| Successes: | 2 ships with 3,907 GRT | |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on June 5th, 1915 by machine gun fire and ramming off Peterhead ( Scotland ). 1 dead, 27 survivors. | |
SM U 14 was a German submarine of the Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
history
It was commissioned on February 23, 1909 and laid down in the Imperial Shipyard in Danzig . The launch took place on July 11, 1911, the delivery on April 24, 1912.
U 14 had no direct combat missions until the end of May 1915 . At its first patrol recessed U 14 2 June 1915 the position of 56 ° 27 ' N , 2 ° 0' O -laden coal Danish freighter Cyrus with 1,669 tons. One day later, which was Swedish freighter Lapland (2.238 BRT) in position 57 ° 8 ' N , 0 ° 12' O sunk provided with a charge of iron ore on the way from Narvik to Middlesbrough was.
On June 5, 1915, U 14 encountered the armed British fish steamer Oceanic II off the Scottish coast near Peterhead, east of Aberdeen . U 14 fired a warning shot , whereupon the Oceanic II opened fire immediately. After commander Hammerle had recognized that U 14 was inferior to the enemy ship in terms of weapons, he immediately ordered to dive. A damaged flood valve only sank the stern of the boat, while the bow remained above the waterline. In the meantime, more armed trawlers had arrived and were shooting at the bow on the surface from close range. Hammerle let the boat emerge completely. After the Hawk trawler hit the ground , he gave the order to leave the sinking submarine. U 14 dropped to the position of 57 ° 10 ' N , 1 ° 10' O . 27 crew members were rescued from the British ships; only the commander was killed.
Commanders
- Lieutenant Walther Schwieger (August 1, 1914 - December 15, 1914)
- Kapitänleutnant Otto Dröscher (December 17, 1914 - April 15, 1915)
- Oberleutnant zur See Max Hammerle (April 16, 1915 - June 5, 1915)
literature
- Dwight R. Messimer: Lost. World war I U-boat losses. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD 2002, ISBN 1-557-50475-X .
- RH Gibson, Maurice Prendergast: The German Submarine War. 1914-1918. Constable, London 1931 (Reprinted. Periscope Publishing, Penzance 2002, ISBN 1-904381-08-1 ).
Footnotes
- ↑ Map with the positions of the scuttled ships
- ↑ Later, on May 7, 1915, with U 20, he sank the British passenger ship Lusitania
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