SM_U-14_(Germany)

SM <i>U-14</i> (Germany)

SM U-14 (Germany)

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-14.

SM U-14[Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

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Service history

U-14 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. U-14 was damaged by an air raid on the German-occupied port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, on the night of 12 February 1915.[4]

Fate

On 5 June 1915, U-14 approached the trawler Oceanic II off Peterhead, firing a couple of warning shots, but Oceanic II was armed and was acting as a decoy and returned fire, being joined by the armed trawler Hawk. U-14 was hit several times, and, unable to escape by submerging, sank, with six officers and 21 ratings being rescued, and one man, her commanding officer, being killed.[5][6]

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
  2. [N 2]
    Tonnages are in gross register tons

Citations

  1. [1]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Walther Schwieger (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. [2]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Otto Dröscher (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. [3]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Max Hammerle". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. [4]
    Karau 2014, p. 27.
  5. [5]
    Grant 1964, pp. 24–25.
  6. [6]
    Corbett 1923, pp. 45–46.
  7. [7]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 14". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

Bibliography

  • Corbett, Julian S. (1923). History of the Great War: Naval Operations: Volume III. London: Longmans Green and Co.
  • Grant, Robert M. (1964). U-Boats Destroyed: The Effect of Anti-Submarine Warfare 1914–1918. London: Putnam.
  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
  • Karau, Mark D. (2014). The Naval Flank of the Western Front: The German MarineKorps Flandern 1914–1918. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-231-8.
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