Type | IIB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 2 Feb 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 10 Jul 1935 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 548) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 7 Dec 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Jan 1936 | Kptlt. Hans Pauckstadt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career 14 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 1,500 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 400 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,745 GRT 1 warship damaged, total tonnage 56 tons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 25 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea, in position 44.12N, 28.41E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sank at 0954hrs on 20 Nov, 1936 in Lübeck Bay in position 54.07N, 11.07E, after a collision with T 156. 8 died but 12 survived. Raised on 28 Nov, 1936. In service again on 30 Sept 1937.
The boat was raised by the USSR in late 1944. Sunk by the Soviet submarine M-120 on 26 May, 1947 off Sevastopol (also sunk that day was the former U-24).
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-18 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
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There was another U-18 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 25 Apr 1912 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 17 Nov 1912. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 18 during WWI.