Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-1014
Service
- as U-101414 March 1944 — 4 February 1945327 days of the war
German submarine U-1014
Particulars
- Name
- U-1014
- Builder
- Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
- Ordered
- 23 March 1942
- Laid down
- 25 March 1943
- Launched
- 30 January 1944
- Commissioned
- 14 March 1944
- Fate
- Sunk on 4 February 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 757 long tons (769 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 857 long tons (871 t)
- Length
- 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
- Range
- 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
- Complement
- 44
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-1014 was a submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 25 March 1943. She entered service on 14 March 1944, having been launched on 30 January 1944.
The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots, and she carried a complement of 44.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 327 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 4 February 1945, at 55°17′N 6°44′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × electric motors
- 2 × screws
- Power
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
- 14 × torpedoes or
- 26 × TMA or TMB Naval mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
- 2 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-1014 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons