Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 9 Jun 1942 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 314) | ||||||||
| Launched | 17 Apr 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 10 Jun 1943 | Kptlt. Georg-Wilhelm Basse | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 30 Jan, 1944 in the Barents Sea south-east of Bear Island, Norway, in position 73.41N, 24.30E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Whitehall and HMS Meteor. 49 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-314 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Eisenbart (24 Dec 1943 - 5 Jan 1944)
Isegrim (5 Jan 1944 - 13 Jan 1944)
Isegrim (25 Jan 1944 - 27 Jan 1944)
Werwolf (27 Jan 1944 - 30 Jan 1944)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-314 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
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