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U-18

Type

IIB

 
Ordered2 Feb, 1935
Laid down 10 Jul, 1935 Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 548)
Launched7 Dec, 1935
Commissioned4 Jan, 1936Kptlt. Hans Pauckstadt
Commanders
4 Jan, 1936 - 20 Nov, 1936   Hans Pauckstadt
30 Sep, 1937 - 31 Oct, 1937  Kptlt. Heinz Beduhn
1 Nov, 1937 - 24 Nov, 1939  Kptlt. Max-Hermann Bauer
24 Nov, 1939 - 2 Sep, 1940  Oblt. Ernst Mengersen (Knights Cross)
3 Sep, 1940 - 17 Dec, 1940  Kptlt. Hans-Heinz Linder
18 Dec, 1940 - 6 May, 1941  Kptlt. Ernst Vogelsang
7 May, 1941 - 31 May, 1942  Oblt. Hans-Achim von Rosenberg-Gruszcynski
1 Jun, 1942 - 18 Aug, 1942   Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann
3 Dec, 1942 - 25 Aug, 1944  Oblt. Karl Fleige (Knights Cross)
2 May, 1944 - 25 May, 1944  Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Bartsch
25 May, 1944 - 7 Jun, 1944  Oblt. Rudolf Arendt
22 Dec, 1944 - 6 Feb, 1945  Oblt. Friedrich Baumgärtel
Career14 patrols 4 Jan, 1936 - 20 Nov, 1936  1. Flottille (front boat)
30 Sep, 1937 - 1 Aug, 1939  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 1 Nov, 1939  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Nov, 1939 - 1 Mar, 1940  U-Ausbildungsflottille (front boat)
1 Apr, 1940 - 1 Jun, 1940  1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (training)
1 Jul, 1940 - 17 Dec, 1940  24. Flottille (training)
6 May, 1943 - 25 Aug, 1944  30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes2 ships sunk for a total of 1.500 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
Fate

Scuttled on 25 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea, in position 44.12N, 28.41E.

See the 5 ships hit by U-18 - View the 14 war patrols

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.



Vom U-Boot-Offizier zum passionierten Jäger
Deutschmann, Fritz

Buy this title at
amazon.de 		Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
Okrety plyna po ladzie, Piwowoñski, Jan, 1959
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998
Vom U-Boot-Offizier zum passionierten Jäger, Deutschmann, Fritz, 1996


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.