Patrol info for U-518
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 15 Jul 1944 | Lorient | 24 Oct 1944 | Kristiansand | 102 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Hans-Werner Offermann |
WO Oblt. Wilhelm Neitzsch |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-518
We have daily positions for all 102 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 15 Jul 1944.
16 Jul 1944 - 17 Jul 1944 - 18 Jul 1944 - 19 Jul 1944 - 20 Jul 1944 - 21 Jul 1944 - 22 Jul 1944 - 23 Jul 1944 - 24 Jul 1944 - 25 Jul 1944 - 26 Jul 1944 - 27 Jul 1944 - 28 Jul 1944 - 29 Jul 1944 - 30 Jul 1944 - 31 Jul 1944 - 1 Aug 1944 - 2 Aug 1944 - 3 Aug 1944 - 4 Aug 1944 - 5 Aug 1944 - 6 Aug 1944 - 7 Aug 1944 - 8 Aug 1944 - 9 Aug 1944 - 10 Aug 1944 - 11 Aug 1944 - 12 Aug 1944 - 13 Aug 1944 - 14 Aug 1944 - 15 Aug 1944 - 16 Aug 1944 - 17 Aug 1944 - 18 Aug 1944 - 19 Aug 1944 - 20 Aug 1944 - 21 Aug 1944 - 22 Aug 1944 - 23 Aug 1944 - 24 Aug 1944 - 25 Aug 1944 - 26 Aug 1944 - 27 Aug 1944 - 28 Aug 1944 - 29 Aug 1944 - 30 Aug 1944 - 31 Aug 1944 - 1 Sep 1944 - 2 Sep 1944 - 3 Sep 1944 - 4 Sep 1944 - 5 Sep 1944 - 6 Sep 1944 - 7 Sep 1944 - 8 Sep 1944 - 9 Sep 1944 - 10 Sep 1944 - 11 Sep 1944 - 12 Sep 1944 - 13 Sep 1944 - 14 Sep 1944 - 15 Sep 1944 - 16 Sep 1944 - 17 Sep 1944 - 18 Sep 1944 - 19 Sep 1944 - 20 Sep 1944 - 21 Sep 1944 - 22 Sep 1944 - 23 Sep 1944 - 24 Sep 1944 - 25 Sep 1944 - 26 Sep 1944 - 27 Sep 1944 - 28 Sep 1944 - 29 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1944 - 3 Oct 1944 - 4 Oct 1944 - 5 Oct 1944 - 6 Oct 1944 - 7 Oct 1944 - 8 Oct 1944 - 9 Oct 1944 - 10 Oct 1944 - 11 Oct 1944 - 12 Oct 1944 - 13 Oct 1944 - 14 Oct 1944 - 15 Oct 1944 - 16 Oct 1944 - 17 Oct 1944 - 18 Oct 1944 - 19 Oct 1944 - 20 Oct 1944 - 21 Oct 1944 - 22 Oct 1944 - 23 Oct 1944 -
Arrival at Kristiansand on 24 Oct 1944.
Ships hit by U-518 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 1944 | U-518 | Hans-Werner Offermann |  | George Ade (d.) | 7,176 |  | am | A | |
| 7,176 | |||||||||
1 ship damaged (7,176 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
We have no events listed for this patrol.
Add more events! If you know of an interesting event either missing from this date or an upcoming event that you'd like to share please contact us. We continuously update these databases.
Attacks on U-518 during this patrol
9 Aug 1944
Allied escorts attacked a submerged U-boat in mid-Atlantic which was probably U-518, but the boat escaped unscathed. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 622)
About this data
If you believe we have missed an attack on a German U-boat in this listing please let us know.
See all patrols for U-518
* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.