List of all U-boats

U-1018

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

23 Mar 1942

Laid down

16 Apr 1943

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 218)

Launched

1 Mar 1944

Commissioned

24 Apr 1944

Kptlt. Ulrich Faber

Commanders

24 Apr 1944	-	1 Jun 1944		Kptlt. Ulrich Faber
2 Jun 1944	-	27 Feb 1945		Kptlt. Walter Burmeister

Career
1 patrol

24 Apr 1944	-	30 Nov 1944	31. Flottille (training)
1 Dec 1944	-	27 Feb 1945	11. Flottille (active service)

Successes

1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,317 GRT

Fate

Sunk on 27 February 1945 in the English Channel south of Lizard Point, in position 49.56N, 05.20W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Fada. 51 dead and 2 survivors.

Loss position

See the 1 ships hit by U-1018 - View the 1 war patrol

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat

This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in January 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date.

Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from the boat

17 Jun 1944
An accident took place on 17 June during U-1018's working up exercises in the Baltic in which one man died and two were wounded. [Obersteuermann Walter Nellsen]

Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -