WWI U-boats

UC 14

Type UC I
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 229)
Ordered 23 Nov 1914
Laid down 28 Jan 1915
Launched 13 May 1915
Commissioned 5 Jun 1915
Commanders
5 Jun 1915 - 6 Jan 1916 Oblt. Cäsar Bauer
7 Jan 1916 - 30 Jun 1916 Oblt. Franz Becker (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
1 Jul 1916 - 9 Oct 1916 Oblt. Alfred Klatt
11 Jan 1917 - 6 Jul 1917 Oblt. Ulrich Pilzecker
7 Jul 1917 - 13 Sep 1917 Oblt. Hellmut Lorenz
14 Sep 1917 - 3 Oct 1917 Oblt. (R) Adolf Feddersen
Career 38 patrols
5 Jun 1915 - 9 Oct 1916 Pola Flotilla
11 Jan 1917 - 3 Oct 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes14 ships sunk with a total of 8,182 tons.
2 warships sunk with a total of 14,107 tons. (View ships hit by UC 14)
Fate 3 Oct 1917 - Mined in a British minefield off the entrance to Zeebrugge harbour at 51.31.60N, 03.08.45E.. 17 dead (all hands lost).

The wreck of UC 14 has been found and identified by local divers.

According to this article the wrecks of U 5 (missing around 18 Dec 1914) and UC 14 have been located off the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. The wreck of U 5 is reported to be in a good shape while UC 14 was lost in a heavy explosion and in a bad shape.


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