Type | XXI | |||||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 16 Aug 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2518) | ||||||||
| Launched | 4 Oct 1944 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Nov 1944 | Oblt. Friedrich Weidner | ||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Horten, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010). At Oslo on 3 June and taken to Lisahally, reaching it on 7th June. | |||||||||
Transferred to France on 14 Feb, 1946 and became the French submarine Roland Morillot. Stricken on 17 Oct, 1967 as Q426. Broken up in 1969.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2518 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
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