SM UC-14
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-14.
SM UC-14 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 23 November 1914, laid down on 28 January 1915, and was launched on 13 May 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 5 June 1915 as SM UC-14.[Note 1] Mines laid by UC-14 in her 38 patrols were credited with sinking 16 ships, one of which was the Italian pre-dreadnought battleship Regina Margherita,[10] which at 13,427 tonnes (13,215 long tons) displacement was one of the largest ships sunk by U-boats during the war.[11] UC-14 was mined and sunk on 3 October 1917.[1]
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Name | UC-14 |
Ordered | 23 November 1914[1] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
Yard number | 229[1] |
Laid down | 28 January 1915[1] |
Launched | 13 May 1915[1] |
Commissioned | 5 June 1915[1] |
Fate | Sunk by mine, 3 October 1917[1] |
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Class and type | German Type UC I submarine |
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Beam | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 3.06 m (10 ft 0 in) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 14 |
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Operations: | 38 patrols |
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The submarine's wreck was finally located in September 2023[citation needed]