U-1018
Type | VIIC/41 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 23 Mar 1942 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 16 Apr 1943 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 218) | ||||||||
| Launched | 1 Mar 1944 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 24 Apr 1944 | Kptlt. Ulrich Faber | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 1,317 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 27 Feb, 1945 in the Channel south of Penzance, in position 49.56N, 05.20W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Fada. 51 dead and 2 survivors. | |||||||||
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in January 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
27 Jun 1944
An accident took place during U-1018´s work-up period in the Baltic on 17 June which killed 1 man and wounded 2 from its crew. [Obersteuermann Walter Nellsen]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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