German submarine U-14 (1935)

German Type IIB submarines were enlarged versions of the original Type IIs. U-14 had a displacement of {{convert|279|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|328|t|LT}} while submerged. Officially, the standard tonnage was {{convert|250|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}, however.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=39–40}} The U-boat had a total length of {{convert|42.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a pressure hull length of {{convert|28.20|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|4.08|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a height of {{convert|8.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|3.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by two MWM RS 127 S four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines of {{convert|700|PS|kW shp|-1}} for cruising, two Siemens-Schuckert PG VV 322/36 double-acting electric motors producing a total of {{convert|460|PS|kW shp|-1}} for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two {{convert|0.85|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to {{convert|80|-|150|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=39–40}}

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|12|kn}} and a maximum submerged speed of {{convert|7|kn}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=39–40}} When submerged, the boat could operate for {{convert|35|-|42|nmi}} at {{convert|4|kn}}; when surfaced, she could travel {{convert|3800|nmi}} at {{convert|8|kn}}. U-14 was fitted with three {{convert|53.3|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes at the bow, five torpedoes or up to twelve Type A torpedo mines, and a 2 cm Flak 30. The boat had a complement of twentyfive.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=39–40}}

Early in the war, on 3 September 1939 in the evening, U-14 attacked a Polish submarine with one torpedo from a surface, and claimed to have sunk it. In reality the Polish submarine, {{ship|ORP|Sęp|1938|6}}, was not damaged as the torpedo launched by U-14 exploded prematurely.{{cite web|url=http://www.polishnavy.pl/PMW/ships/submarines/sep/operational.html |title=ORP Sęp – Operational History |publisher=polishnavy.pl |access-date=2010-01-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607231420/http://www.polishnavy.pl/PMW/ships/submarines/sep/operational.html |archive-date=7 June 2011 }} According to Jan Bartelski, the torpedo also missed the target.{{cite magazine|first=Jan|last=Bartelski |title =Nieudane ataki torpedowe U-Bootów na ORP Sęp|magazine =Morze, Statki i Okręty |number = 9-10/2014 (148)|year = 2014|place=Warsaw|issn = 1426-529X |lang=pl|pages=25–27}}

After serving on six operational patrols, U-14 was used as a training boat and transferred to U-boat training flotillas, serving with the 23rd and 24th U-boat Flotillas until the end of the war. Despite the high casualties suffered by the Unterseebootwaffen (German submarine arm), U-14 suffered no known casualties during the war.

U-14 was scuttled on 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven.

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