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U14 1917

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U14 (ex-Curie)			Arsenal de Toulon, France	1907	18.7.1912	1914 // 6.1915	to France 7.1919 (Curie)

Technical data

Data variant	as captured	rebuilding 11.1916
Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	397 / 551	425 / 554
Length, m	52.1	52.1
Breadth, m	5.14	5.14
Draught, m	3.10	3.10
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 MAN-type diesels / 2 electric motors	2 Grazer diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	840 / 660	900 / 560
Max speed, kts	13 / 8.8	13.5 / 7
Fuel, t	diesel oil	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1700(10) / 84(5)	2300(10) / 150(2)
Armament	1 x 1 - 37/20 SFK L/23 H, 7 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 ext abeam CT, 8)	1 x 1 - 88/27 Ubts L/30, 7 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 ext abeam CT, 8)
Complement	29	29
Diving depth operational, m	40	40

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Project history

The French submarine Curie was trapped on 20 December 1914 in the net barrage of Pola harbour during an attempt to penetrate, was forced to the surface and sunk by gunfire. Raised in February 1915, she was refitted and commissioned as U14. From February to November 1916 she was re-engined, rearmed and was given a German-style conning tower instead of her small, wet lookout platform, all of which improved her fighting potential significantly.

Modernizations

2-11/1916: she was rebuilt with data as given in the table:

1918: - 2 - 450 Drzewiecki TC; + 2 - 450 TT (ext aft)

Naval service

Operating under the command of Lieutenant (sen) Georg Finer von Trapp (whose postwar career was made famous by the film 'The Sound of Music'), U14 achieved one of the highest scores of all Austrian U-boats. On 17 July 1919 she rejoined the French Navy under her old name, served until 1928 and was scrapped in 1929.