SM U-14 (Germany)

U-14
History
Germany
NameU-14
Ordered23 February 1909
BuilderKaiserliche Werft Danzig
Cost2,101,000 Goldmark
Yard number9
Launched11 July 1911
Commissioned24 April 1912
FateDisabled by gunfire from armed trawler Oceanic II and sunk off Peterhead at position 57°16′N 1°16′E / 57.267°N 1.267°E / 57.267; 1.267 on 5 June 1915
General characteristics
Class & typeGerman Type U 13 submarine
Displacement
  • 516 t (508 long tons) surfaced
  • 644 t (634 long tons) submerged
Length57.88 m (189 ft 11 in)
Beam6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Draught3.44 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 depth50 m (160 ft)
Boats & landing
craft carried		1 dinghy
Complement4 officers, 25 men
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • I Flotilla
  • 1 August 1914 – 5 June 1915
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Walther Schwieger
  • 1 August – 15 December 1914
  • Kptlt. Otto Dröscher
  • 17 December 1914 – 15 April 1915
  • Oblt.z.S. Max Hammerle
  • 16 April – 5 June 1915
Operations: 1 patrol
Victories: 2 merchant ships sunk
(3,907 GRT)

SM U-14 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

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