German submarine U-1014

German submarine U-1014 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was ordered on 23 March 1942, and was laid down on 25 March 1943, at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 214. She was launched on 30 January 1944, and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Wolfgang Glaser on 14 March 1944.

Design

German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier Type VIIC submarines. U-1014 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of, a pressure hull length of, an overall beam of, a height of, and a draught of. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to.
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of. When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at. U-1014 was fitted with five torpedo tubes, fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA or TMB Naval mines, one SK C/35 naval gun,, one Flak M42 and two C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and fifty-two.

U-1014 participated in one war patrol. Which resulted in no ships damaged or sunk.
U-1014 rammed, her sister boat, on 19 May 1944, west of Pillau in the Baltic Sea. U-1015 sunk with the loss of 36 of her 40 crewmen.
Two men were killed and three wounded on 16 September 1944, in the harbor of Libau, Latvia, during a Soviet air raid.
U-1014 had Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus fitted out before January 1945.
On 4 February 1945, 18 days out of Horten, on her first, and only, war patrol, she was located by the British frigates,,, and. U-1014 was sunk by depth charges in the North Channel, east of Malin Head, with all 48 of her crew.
The wreck now lies at.