WWI U-boats

UC 18

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 268)
Ordered 29 Aug 1915
Launched 4 Mar 1916
Commissioned 15 Aug 1916
Commanders
15 Aug 1916 - 19 Feb 1917 Oblt. Wilhelm Kiel
Career 6 patrols
19 Oct 1916 - 19 Feb 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes34 ships sunk with a total of 34,343 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 21,157 tons. (View ships hit by UC 18)
Fate 19 Feb 1917 - Sunk by gunfire of Q-Ship Lady Olive at 4915N 0234W. 28 dead (all hands lost).

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