U-718
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 10 Apr, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 18 May, 1942 | HC Stülcken, Hamburg (werk 784) | ||
| Launched | 26 Mar, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 25 Jun, 1943 | Oblt. Helmut Wieduwilt | ||
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| Career | No patrols | 25 Jun, 1943 - 18 Nov, 1943 5. Flottille (training) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sank 18 Nov, 1943 in the Baltic Sea north-east of Bornholm, in position 55.21N, 15.24E, after a collision with U-476. 43 dead and 7 survivors. | |||
General notes on this boat
This boat is apparently resting in the nerve/mustard gas zone and is off limits to divers forever it seems.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-718 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Adventures, Wiggins, Melanie, 1999 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 |