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 | 19 Mar 1942 - 31 Jan 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 Feb 1943 - 29 Jul 1943 6. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 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). | |||
See the 1 ships hit by U-614 - View the 3 war patrols
Wolfpack operations
U-614 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Landknecht (22 Jan 1943 - 28 Jan 1943)
Specht (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
9 Feb 1943
A British B-17 (Sqdn 206, pilot R. C. Patrick) hit the boat, causing severe damages. The boat, with lessened ability to dive, aborted to France. (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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