Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine 1935

German submarine U-14 (1935)

Type IIB coastal submarine

German submarine U-14 (1935)
not identified. "Official photograph" — This photograph HU 1012 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 5003-04) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1935 Photograph of German submarine U-9 .

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-1418 January 1936 — 5 May 19452,073 days of the war
Type IIB coastal submarine Particulars
Name
U-14
Pennant / hull number
1935
Builder
Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Ordered
2 February 1935
Laid down
6 July 1935
Launched
28 December 1935
Commissioned
18 January 1936
Fate
Scuttled on 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
275 long tons (279 t)
Displacement, submerged
323 long tons (328 t)
Length
42.7 m (140.1 ft) OA
Beam
4.08 m (13.4 ft)
Draught
3.9 m (12.8 ft)
Speed
13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
Range
1,800 nmi (3,334 km)
Complement
25
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)

U-14 was a Type IIB coastal submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1935. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werke, Kiel on 6 July 1935. Launched on 28 December 1935, she entered service on 18 January 1936.

She was one of 50 ships of her class. The class followed the CV 707-type submarine and was succeeded by the Planned:.

The boat displaced 275 long tons surfaced and 323 long tons submerged. She measured 42.7 m (140 ft) long with a beam of 4.1 m (13 ft). Her designed speed was 13 knots, and she carried a complement of 25.

Her main battery was one 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.

She was in commission for 2,073 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 5 May 1945. 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 shafts
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 700 PS (diesels)
  • 410 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines
  • 1 × 2 cm anti-aircraft gun

Sister ships

25 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from German submarine U-14 (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: not identified. "Official photograph" — This photograph HU 1012 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 5003-04) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons