SM UC-14

History
German Empire
Name:	UC-14
Ordered:	23 November 1914
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number:	228
Laid down:	28 January 1915
Launched:	13 May 1915
Commissioned:	5 June 1915
Fate:	sunk by mine, 3 October 1917
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type UC I submarine
Displacement:	168 t (165 long tons), surfaced 182 t (179 long tons), submerged
Length:	33.99 m (111 ft 6 in) o/a 29.62 m (97 ft 2 in) pressure hull
Beam:	3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Draft:	3.06 m (10 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:	1 × propeller shaft 1 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine, 80 PS (59 kW; 79 bhp) 1 × electric motor, 175 PS (129 kW; 173 shp)
Speed:	6.49 knots (12.02 km/h; 7.47 mph), surfaced 5.67 knots (10.50 km/h; 6.52 mph), submerged
Range:	910 nmi (1,690 km; 1,050 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	14
Armament:	6 × 100 cm (39 in) mine tubes 12 × UC 120 mines 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun
Service record
Part of:	Pola Flotilla 5 June 1915 – 9 October 1916 Flandern Flotilla 11 January 1917 – 3 October 1917
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Cäsar Bauer 5 June 1915 - 6 January 1916 Oblt.z.S. Franz Becker 7 January – 30 June 1916 Oblt.z.S. Alfred Klatt 1 July – 9 October 1916 Oblt.z.S. Ulrich Pilzecker 11 January - 6 July 1917 Oblt.z.S. Helmut Lorenz 7 July – 13 September 1917 Oblt.z.S. Adolf Feddersen 14 September – 3 October 1917
Operations:	38 patrols
Victories:	3 merchant ships sunk (3,063 GRT) 13 warships sunk (19,001 tons)

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.Mines laid by UC-14 in her 38 patrols were credited with sinking 20 ships, one of which was the Italian pre-dreadnought battleship Regina Margherita, which at 13,427 tonnes (13,215 long tons) displacement was one of the largest ships sunk by U-boats during the war.UC-14 was mined and sunk on 3 October 1917.

A German Type UC I submarine, UC-14 had a displacement of 168 tonnes (165 long tons) when at the surface and 182 tonnes (179 long tons) while submerged. She had a length overall of 33.99 m (111 ft 6 in), a beam of 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in), and a draught of 3.06 m (10 ft 0 in). The submarine was powered by one Benz six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine producing 80 metric horsepower (59 kW; 79 shp), an electric motor producing 175 metric horsepower (129 kW; 173 shp), and one propeller shaft. She was capable of operating at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft).

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