Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 14 Feb 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 29 Apr 1941 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 310) | ||||||||
| Launched | 18 Nov 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 24 Jan 1942 | Kptlt. Hans Jürgen Auffermann | ||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 4 ships sunk, total tonnage 16,329 GRT 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 13,551 GRT 2 ships a total loss, total tonnage 8,202 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 8 July, 1943 north-east of Cape Finisterre, Spain, in position 43.37N, 08.59W, by rockets from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/R). 54 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-514 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Delphin (5 Jan 1943 - 9 Feb 1943)
Amsel (22 Apr 1943 - 3 May 1943)
Specht (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Elbe (7 May 1943 - 10 May 1943)
Elbe 1 (10 May 1943 - 14 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
17 Apr 1943
The outbound boat was unsuccessfully attacked twice by aircraft in the Bay of Biscay. The first attack was made by a British Wellington aircraft (RAF Sqdn 172 / S) with gunfire and 2 bombs at 03.49 hours. At 14.28 hours, a second attack was carried out by the British Whitley aircraft (RAF Sqdn 10 OTU / H) with 4 bombs. (Sources: Rohwer)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
3 Jun 1942
During a rescue action in the Baltic Sea an officer lost his life.
[I WO Leutnant zur See der Reserve Rolf Kühl]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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