WWI U-boats

UB 14

Type UB I
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 223)
Ordered 15 Oct 1914
Laid down 9 Nov 1914
Launched 23 Mar 1915
Commissioned 25 Mar 1915
Commanders
25 Mar 1915 - 4 Dec 1915 Oblt. Heino von Heimburg (Pour le Mérite)
5 Dec 1915 - 27 Jan 1916 Oblt. Albrecht von Dewitz
30 Jan 1916 - 5 Feb 1916 Oblt. Albrecht von Dewitz
6 Feb 1916 - 16 Jun 1916 Oblt. Heino von Heimburg (Pour le Mérite)
17 Jun 1916 - 19 Nov 1916 Oblt. Kurt Schwarz
28 May 1917 - 15 Mar 1918 Oblt. Ernst Ulrich
16 Mar 1918 - 26 Nov 1918 Oblt. Bodo Elleke
Career 22 patrols
1 Jul 1915 - 24 Jul 1915 Pola Flotilla
24 Jul 1915 - 11 Nov 1918 Constantinople Flotilla
Successes4 ships sunk with a total of 13,610 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 11,899 tons.
2 warships sunk with a total of 10,843 tons. (View ships hit by UB 14)
Fate 25 Nov 1918 - Came under Allied control at Sevastopol. Taken out and scuttled off Sevastopol in early 1919 .

Previously recorded fate
Broken up at Malta. The wreck of UB 14 has been found by divers and identified through propeller markings.


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