German submarine U-314
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-314 |
| Ordered: | 25 August 1941 |
| Builder: | Flender Werke, Lübeck |
| Yard number: | 314 |
| Laid down: | 9 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 17 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 10 June 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk, January 1944 by British warships[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: | 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × GL RP 137/c electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
| Speed: | 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
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| Service record[3][4] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (10 June–31 December 1943) 11th U-boat Flotilla (1–30 January 1944) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Georg-Wilhelm Basse (10 June 1943–30 January 1944) |
| Operations: |
1st patrol: 22 December 1943–14 January 1944 2nd patrol: 25–30 January 1944 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-314 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 9 June 1942 at the Flender Werke yard at Lübeck as yard number 314, launched on 17 April 1943 and commissioned on 10 June under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Basse.
During her short career, the U-boat sailed on two combat patrols, but sank no ships before she was sunk on 30 January 1944. She was a member of four wolfpacks.[3]
Service history
The boat's service life began with training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from June 1943. She was then transferred to the 11th flotilla for operations on 1 January 1944.
1st patrol
U-314 's first patrol took her to the Barents Sea, then south of Bear Island. She departed from Trondheim in Norway on 22 December 1943; the patrol finished at Hammerfest, northeast of Narvik, on 14 January 1944.
2nd patrol and loss
The boat left Hammerfest on 25 January 1944. She was sunk on the 30th by depth charges dropped by the British destroyers HMS Whitehall and Meteor southeast of Bear Island.[5]
Forty-nine men died; there were no survivors.
Wolfpacks
U-314 took part in four wolfpacks, namely.
- Eisenbart (24 December 1943 - 5 January 1944)
- Isegrim (5–13 January 1944)
- Isegrim (25–27 January 1944)
- Werwolf (27–30 January 1944)
See also
- Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
References
- ↑ Kemp 1999, p. 166.
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 72-74.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-314". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-314". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ Hofmann, Markus. "U 314". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German) IV (Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler). ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Kemp, Paul (1999). U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
External links
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 314". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-314". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- U-314 at ubootwaffe.net