HMS K14

Career
Name:	HMS K14
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down:	November 1915
Commissioned:	22 May 1917
Fate:	Sold, 16 February 1926
General characteristics
Class & type:	K-class submarine
Displacement:	1,980 long tons (2,010 t) surfaced 2,566 long tons (2,607 t) submerged
Length:	339 ft (103 m)
Beam:	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught:	20 ft 11 in (6.38 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 10,500 shp (7.8 MW) Brown-Curtis or Parsons geared steam turbines 2 × Yarrow boilers 4 × 1,440 hp (1,070 kW) electric motors 1 × 800 hp (600 kW) Vickers diesel generator for charging batteries on the surface 2 × 3-blade 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) diameter screws
Speed:	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range:	Surfaced : 800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) Submerged : 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) 40 nmi (46 mi; 74 km) at 4 kn (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h)
Complement:	59 (6 officers and 53 ratings)
Armament:	• 8 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes, (4 beam, 4 bow) • 8 × spare torpedoes • 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes fitted on deck (later removed) • 2 × BL 4 in (100 mm) Mk.XI guns • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

HMS K14 was a K class submarine built by Fairfields in Govan, Scotland. She was laid down in November 1915, and commissioned on 22 May 1917.

K14 was part of the Battle of May Island exercise on 31 January 1918, in which her steering jammed while avoiding a collision. She was rammed by K22 behind the forward torpedo compartment, but did not sink, and was repaired. Two men were lost.

K14 was sold on 16 February 1926 at Granton.

References

• Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day.