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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
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WWI U-boats
UB 18
Type | UB II | ||||||||||||
| Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 248) | ||||||||||||
| Ordered | 30 Apr 1915 | Laid down | |||||||||||
| Launched | 21 Aug 1915 | Commissioned | 10 Dec 1915 | ||||||||||
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| Career | 31 patrols | ||||||||||||
| 16 Feb 1916 - 9 Dec 1917 Flandern Flotilla |
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| Successes | 128 ships sunk for a total of 131,803 tons. 3 ships damaged for a total of 3,217 tons. | ||||||||||||
| Fate | 9 Dec 1917 - Rammed and sunk by trawler Ben Lawer in the Channel at 4917N 0547W. 24 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||||||||
See the 131 ships hit by UB 18