U-2518

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down 16 Aug 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2518)
Launched4 Oct 1944
Commissioned4 Nov 1944Oblt. Friedrich Weidner
Commanders
4 Nov 1944 - 8 May 1945  Kptlt. Friedrich Weidner
CareerNo patrols4 Nov 1944 - 1 Apr 1945  31. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered at Horten, Norway on 8 May, 1945. 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.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
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.