U-414
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 14 Jun 1941 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 115) | ||
| Launched | 25 Mar 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 1 Jul 1942 | Oblt. Walther Huth | ||
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| Career | 3 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) | ||
| Successes | 1 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.
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