U-1014
Type | VIIC/41 | |||
| Ordered | 23 Mar 1942 | |||
| Laid down | 25 Mar 1943 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 214) | ||
| Launched | 30 Jan 1944 | |||
| Commissioned | 14 Mar 1944 | Oblt. Wolfgang Glaser | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 14 Mar 1944 - 31 Dec 1944 31. Flottille (training) 1 Jan 1945 - 4 Feb 1945 11. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 4 Feb, 1945 in the North Channel east of Malin Head, in position 55.17N, 06.44W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Loch Scavaig, HMS Nyasaland, HMS Papua and HMS Loch Shin. 48 dead (all hands lost). | |||
Attacks on this boat
16 Sep 1944
The boat suffered two crewmen lost and three wounded in a Soviet air attack on the harbour of Libau in the Baltic Sea.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
General notes on this boat
19 May 1944. On 19 May, 1944 U-1014 rammed her sister boat U-1015 in the Baltic west of Pillau, sinking her with the loss of 36 men (14 survived).
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in January 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
16 Sep 1944
The boat suffered an accident during its trials at Libau in the Baltic Sea where 2 men were killed and 3 wounded.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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