List of all U-boats
U-718
Type | VIIC | ||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | ||||||
| Laid down | 18 May 1942 | H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 784) | |||||
| Launched | 26 Mar 1943 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 25 Jun 1943 | Oblt. Helmut Wieduwilt | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate |
Sank on 18 November 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. | ||||||
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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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