U-614

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered15 Aug 1940
Laid down 6 May 1941 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 590)
Launched29 Jan 1942
Commissioned19 Mar 1942Oblt. Wolfgang Sträter
Commanders
19 Mar 1942 - 29 Jul 1943  Kptlt. Wolfgang Sträter
Career3 patrols 19 Mar 1942 - 31 Jan 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1943 - 29 Jul 1943  6. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 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.



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.