HMCS CH-14

HMCS CH-14 was an H class submarine used by the Royal Canadian Navy from 1919 to 1922. She was originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS H-14 in 1915. CH-14 was scrapped in 1927.

Operational history

Royal Navy Service

HMS H-14 was ordered in December 1914 and completed at the Fore River Yard in Quincy, Massachusetts in December 1915 in the then-neutral United States. When the American government discovered the construction, they impounded H-14 and her completed sister ships, only releasing them following their own declaration of war two years later. H-14 was launched in 1917. She saw service with the Royal Navy in Bermuda.

On 15 April 1918, H-14 departed Bermuda for the Azores in a group that consisted of some 40 Allied ships led by USS Salem. Shortly after leaving port, H-14 collided with the oiler Arethusa, necessitating a return to Bermuda. H-14 was towed back to Bermuda by Conestoga on 18 April.

In February 1919 the Royal Navy presented H-14 and her sister ship, H-15 to the Royal Canadian Navy where they were renamed HMCS CH-14 and CH-15, respectively.