German submarine U-18 (1936)
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
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| Name: | U-18 |
| Ordered: | 2 February 1935 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 548 |
| Laid down: | 10 July 1935 |
| Launched: | 7 December 1935 |
| Commissioned: | 4 January 1936 |
| Fate: | Scuttled 25 August 1944 at Constanţa in the Black Sea. |
| Class and type: | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine: 1st U-boat Flotilla 3rd U-boat Flotilla 24th U-boat Flotilla 30th U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 23 452 |
| Commanders: | Hans Pauckstadt Heinz Beduhn Max-Hermann Bauer Ernst Mengersen Hans-Heinz Linder Ernst Vogelsang Hans-Achim von Rosenberg-Gruszcynski Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann Karl Fleige Hans-Jürgen Bartsch Rudolf Arendt Friedrich Baumgärtel |
| Operations: | 14 |
| Victories: | 2 ships sunk for a total of 1,500 gross register tons (GRT) 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 400 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 7,745 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 56 tons |
German submarine U-18 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. It was laid down 10 July 1935 and commissioned on 4 January 1936. It served under many U-boat flotillas during its service.
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[edit] Fate
While a training boat, U-18 sank at 0954 hrs on 20 November 1936 in Lübeck Bay, after a collision with T-156. 8 died and 12 survived. It was raised on 28 November 1936. It returned service on 30 September 1937. To serve in the 30th U-boat Flotilla, it was transported via land and the Danube to the Black Sea.
On 20 August 1944, in a Soviet air raid on the Romanian harbor of Constanţa in the Black Sea, U-18 was damaged and as a results deemed not seaworthy and was scuttled.
The boat was raised by the USSR in late 1944. It was sunk by the Soviet submarine M-120 on 26 May 1947 off Sevastopol (also sunk that day was the former U-24).
[edit] Service history
- 4 January 1936 – 20 November 1936: 1st U-boat Flotilla (front boat)
- 30 September 1937 – 1 November 1939: 3rd U-boat Flotilla (front boat)
- 1 November 1939 – 1 June 1940: U-Training Flotilla (front boat, then training)
- 1 July 1940 – 17 December 1940: 24th U-boat Flotilla (training)
- 6 May 1943 – 25 August 1944: 30th U-boat Flotilla (front boat)
[edit] Commanders
- Hans Pauckstadt, 4 January 1936 – 20 November 1936
- Kptlt. Heinz Beduhn, 30 September 1937 – 31 October 1937
- Kptlt. Max-Hermann Bauer, 1 November 1937 – 24 November 1939
- Oblt. Ernst Mengersen (Knights Cross), 24 November 1939 – 2 September 1940
- Kptlt. Hans-Heinz Linder, 3 September 1940 – 17 December 1940
- Kptlt. Ernst Vogelsang, 18 December 1940 – 6 May 1941
- Oblt. Hans-Achim von Rosenberg-Gruszcynski, 7 May 1941 – 31 May 1942
- Oblt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann, 1 June 1942 – 18 August 1942
- Oblt. Karl Fleige (Knights Cross), 3 December 1942 – 25 August 1944
- Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Bartsch, 2 May 1944 – 25 May 1944
- Oblt. Rudolf Arendt, 25 May 1944 – 7 June 1944
- Oblt. Friedrich Baumgärtel, 22 December 1944 – 6 February 1945
[edit] References
- "U-18". uboat.net. http://uboat.net/boats/u18.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
- "U-18". U-Boat Operations. Kriegsmarine and U-Boat history, ubootwaffe.net. http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=18. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
- "U-18". u-boot-archiv.de. Kriegsmarine and U-Boat history, u-boot-archiv.de. http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0017.html. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
[edit] See also
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Coordinates: 44°12′N 28°41′E / 44.2°N 28.683°E
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