U 514

U 514 ( previous / next - all submarines )
Type :	IX C
Field Post Number :	M 27254
Shipyard:	German shipyard , Hamburg
Construction contract:	February 14, 1940
Build number:	310
Keel laying:	April 29, 1941
Launch:	November 18, 1941
Commissioning:	January 24, 1942
Commanders:	January 24, 1942 - July 8, 1943 KptLt. Hans-Jürgen Auffermann
Calls:	4 patrols
Sinkings:	6 ships (24,531 GRT)
Whereabouts:	Sunk on July 8, 1943 northeast of Cape Finisterre

U 514 was a German type IX C submarinethat was used by the German Navy during World War II .

history

Construction and commissioning

The construction contract was placed on February 14, 1940 at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg. The keel was laid on April 29, 1941, the launch on November 18, 1941 and commissioning on January 24, 1942.

Time as a training boat

After its commissioning, the boat was used for training purposes in the 4th U-Flotilla until August 31, 1942 . It then served as a front boat until it was sunk in the 10th U-Flotilla under Corvette Captain Günter Kuhnke . During the entire training period and the four patrols , KptLt. Hans-Jürgen Auffermann in command of the boat.

Calls

U 514 undertook four enemy voyages, on which six ships with 24,531 GRT were sunk and two ships with 13,551 GRT were damaged.

First patrol

U 514 left Kristiansand on August 15, 1942. On this 87-day venture, five ships with 17,354 GRT were sunk and one ship with 5,458 was damaged. On November 9, 1942, the boat entered Lorient .

• September 6, 1942: sinking of the British sailing ship Helen Forsey (167 GRT, 2 dead)
• September 11, 1942: Damage to the Canadian steamer Cornwallis (5,458 GRT, 43 dead)
• September 15, 1942: sinking of the British steamer Kioto (3,297 GRT)
• September 28, 1942: sinking of the Brazilian steamer Ozório (2,730 GRT, 5 dead)
• September 28, 1942: sinking of the Brazilian steamer Lages (5,472 GRT, 5 dead)
• October 12, 1942: sinking of the American steamer Steel Scientist (5,688 GRT, 1 dead)

Second patrol

The boat left Lorient on December 9, 1942, and returned there on February 12, 1943. On this 66-day undertaking, a ship with 7,177 GRT was sunk and a ship with 8,093 GRT was damaged.

• 3 January 1943: Damage to the British tanker British Vigilance (8,093 GRT, 27 dead, driving in convoy TM-1)
• January 27, 1943: sinking of the American steamer Charles C. Pinckney (7,177 GRT, 56 dead, in convoy UGS-4)

Third patrol

U 514 left Lorient on April 15, 1943, there it returned after 38 days on May 22, 1943 without result.

Fourth patrol

The boat left Lorient on July 1, 1943. However, due to various technical defects , U 514 had to return to Lorient after just one day. The boat left there a day later. On this venture, the occupation did not succeed in damaging or destroying enemy ships.

Whereabouts

On July 8, 1943, the boat was sunk near Cape Finisterre in the North Atlantic by rocket bombs from a British Consolidated B-24 bomber of RAF Squadron 224 ( Lage ). All 54 crew members were killed.

successes

date	Surname	nationality	Tonnage (GRT)	success
September 6, 1942	Helen Forsey	United Kingdom	167	sunk ( location )
September 11, 1942	Cornwallis	Canada	5,458	damaged ( location )
September 15, 1942	Kyoto	United Kingdom	3,297	sunk ( location )
September 28, 1942	Ozório	Brazil	2,730	sunk ( location )
September 28, 1942	Lages	Brazil	5,472	sunk ( location )
October 12, 1942	Steel Scientist	United States	5,688	sunk ( location )
January 3, 1943	British Vigilance	United Kingdom	8.093	damaged ( location )
January 27, 1943	Charles C. Pinckney	United States	7.177	sunk ( location )

Web links

• U 514 at uboat.net (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ 1. Patrol info for U-514 . uboat.net. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
2. ↑ 2. Patrol info for U-514 . uboat.net. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
3. ↑ 3. Patrol info for U-514 . uboat.net. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
4. ↑ 4. Patrol info for U-514 . uboat.net. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
5. ↑ Ships hit by U-514 . uboat.net. Retrieved July 5, 2015.

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