Patrol info for U-14
Date lookup for 3 Sep 1939
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 30 Aug 1939 | Memel | 6 Sep 1939 | Swinemünde | 8 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Kptlt. Horst Wellner |
Patrol in the Baltic Sea off Danzig and Bornholm.
U-14's position on 3 Sep 1939
Ships hit by U-14 on this date
General Events during this patrol
1939
3 Sep 1939. U-14 probably attacked the first warship in World War Two when she attacked the Polish submarine Sep (Cdr. Wladyslaw Salamon) on 3 Sept, 1939 at 2022hrs. The torpedo exploded prematurely about 200m from the Polish sub. The German commander (Kptlt. Horst Wellner) found wreckage (from the torpedo) and some oil from Sep's damaged oil tank. Believing he had sunk the boat, he radioed his claim in.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.