WWI U-boats

U 118

 

Type

UE 2

Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg  (Werk 92)
Ordered 27 May 1916 Laid down  
Launched 23 Feb 1918 Commissioned 8 May 1918 
Commanders
8 May 1918 - 11 Nov 1918   Herbert Stohwasser
Career 1 patrols
start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 I Flotilla
Successes2 ships sunk for a total of 10,439 tons. 
Fate 23 Feb 1919 - Surrendered. To have been transferred to France, but the tow parted and she went aground off Hastings on April 15, 1919. Broken up .  

Photos of U 118 ashore at Hastings are common. Often, however, the boat in these pictures is incorrectly called UB 118

See the 2 ships hit by U 118


There was another U 118 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 23 Sep 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 6 Dec 1941. Take a look at the U 118 from WWII.

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