List of all U-boats
U-614
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 6 May 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 590) | ||||||||
| Launched | 29 Jan 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 19 Mar 1942 | Oblt. Wolfgang Sträter | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 5,730 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 29 July, 1943 north-west of Cape Finisterre, in position 46.42N, 11.03W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 172/G) . 49 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-614 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Landsknecht (19 Jan 1943 - 28 Jan 1943)
Without name (15 Apr 1943 - 18 Apr 1943)
Specht (19 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Elbe (7 May 1943 - 10 May 1943)
Elbe 1 (10 May 1943 - 14 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat and other events
9 Feb 1943
An attack by a British B-17 (Sqdn 206, pilot R. C. Patrick) in the Atlantic west of Scotland affected diving capability, forcing the boat to return to St.Nazaire. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 183. BdU KTB)
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-614 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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