German submarine U-214

History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-214
Ordered:	16 February 1940
Builder:	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number:	646
Laid down:	5 October 1940
Launched:	18 September 1941
Commissioned:	1 November 1941
Fate:	Sunk, 26 July 1944, by a British warship
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type VIID submarine
Displacement:	965 tonnes (950 long tons) surfaced 1,080 t (1,060 long tons) submerged
Length:	76.90 m (252 ft 4 in) o/a 59.80 m (196 ft 2 in) pressure hull
Beam:	6.38 m (20 ft 11 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height:	9.70 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draught:	5.01 m (16 ft 5 in)
Installed power:	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Range:	11,200 nmi (20,700 km; 12,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 69 nmi (128 km; 79 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	200 m (660 ft) Crush depth: 220–240 m (720–790 ft)
Crew:	4 officers, 40 enlisted
Armament:	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 12 × torpedoes or 26 × TMA or 39 × TMB tube-launched mines 5 × vertical launchers with 15 SMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 × 20 mm AA (4,380 rounds)
Service record
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla 1 November 1941 – 30 April 1942 9th U-boat Flotilla 1 May 1942 – 26 July 1944
Identification codes:	M 31 973
Commanders:	Kptlt. Günther Reeder 1 November 1941 – 10 May 1943 Kptlt. Rupprecht Stock 7 May 1943 – 10 July 1944 Oblt.z.S. Gerhard Conrad 10–26 July 1944
Operations:	Ten patrols: 1st patrol: 18 May – 4 June 1942 2nd patrol: 13–17 June 1942 3rd patrol: 9 August – 9 October 1942 4th patrol: 30 November 1942 – 24 February 1943 5th patrol: 4–10 May 1943 6th patrol: 18 May – 26 June 1943 7th patrol: 22 August – 30 November 1943 8th patrol: 19 February – 29 April 1944 9th patrol: 11 June – 2 July 1944 10th patrol: 22–26 July 1944
Victories:	Three commercial ships sunk (18,266 GRT) one warship sunk (1,525 GRT) one commercial ship damaged (6,507 GRT) one auxiliary warship damaged (10,552 GRT)

German submarine U-214, was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Laid down on 5 October 1940 by Germaniawerft in Kiel, the boat was commissioned on 1 November 1941 with Kapitänleutnant Günther Reeder (Crew 35) in command. She trained with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 1 November 1941 until 30 April 1942, and was then assigned to the 9th U-boat Flotilla from 1 May 1942. She was sunk on 26 July 1944 by a British warship.

The wreck of U-214 was found by the archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2006 at the location reported by the Allies after the war.

As one of the six German Type VIID submarines, U-214 had a displacement of 965 tonnes (950 long tons) when at the surface and 1,080 tonnes (1,060 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 76.90 m (252 ft 4 in), a pressure hull length of 59.80 m (196 ft 2 in), a beam of 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in), a height of 9.70 m (31 ft 10 in), and a draught of 5.01 m (16 ft 5 in). The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 supercharged four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8-276 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 shaft horsepower (760 PS; 560 kW) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).

...
Wikipedia