U-414

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered15 Aug 1940
Laid down 14 Jun 1941 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 115)
Launched25 Mar 1942
Commissioned1 Jul 1942Oblt. Walther Huth
Commanders
1 Jul 1942 - 25 May 1943  Oblt. Walther Huth
Career3 patrols 1 Jul 1942 - 31 Dec 1942  8. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1943 - 30 Apr 1943  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 May 1943 - 25 May 1943  29. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 5,979 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7,134 GRT
Fate

Sunk 25 May, 1943 in the western Mediterranean north-west of Tenés, in position 36.31N, 00.40E, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Vetch. 47 dead (all hands lost).

See the 2 ships hit by U-414 - View the 3 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-414 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Falke (9 Jan 1943 - 22 Jan 1943)
   Haudegen (22 Jan 1943 - 9 Feb 1943)

Attacks on this boat

4 Feb 1943
The boat was attacked in the North Atlantic by a Curtiss aircraft and damaged so badly that she had to return to base.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-414 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.