She served with the German High Seas Fleet at the start of the First World War, and was sunk by an internal explosion on 19 February 1915.

[2] The reduction in size resulted in the ships' seaworthiness being adversely affected, however,[2] with the 1911 and 1912 torpedo boats acquiring the disparaging nickname "Admiral Lans' cripples".

[3] 108 tonnes (106 long tons) of coal and 72 tonnes (71 long tons) of oil were carried, giving a range of 1,050 nautical miles (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) or 600 nautical miles (1,100 km; 690 mi) at 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph).

[2] S14, yard number 865,[3] was launched at Schichau's shipyard in Elbing, East Prussia (now Elbląg in Poland) on 2 March 1912 and was commissioned on 1 November 1912.

[6] S14 was a member of the 13th Half-flotilla of the 7th Torpedo boat flotilla of the German High Seas Fleet on the outbreak of war.