SM UB 18
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| Type : | UB II |
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| Shipyard: | Blohm & Voss , Hamburg |
| Launch: | August 21, 1915 |
| Commissioning: | December 10, 1915 |
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| Calls: | 31 patrols |
| Successes: | 129 sunk ships with 133,768 GRT |
| Whereabouts: | Rammed and sunk by the Ben Lawer trawler December 9, 1917 |
SM UB 18 was a German submarine during the First World War .
It was commissioned on April 30, 1915 from the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, where it was launched on August 21, 1915. It entered service with the Imperial Navy on December 10, 1915 and was assigned to the Flanders U-Flotilla throughout its service .
In the course of 31 patrols, the boat was able to sink a total of 129 ships. These corresponded to a shipping space of 133,768 GRT .
It was rammed by the British trawler Ben Lawer on the night of December 8th to December 9th, 1917 and then sank between Brittany and Cornwall at the position 49 ° 17 ′ N , 5 ° 47 ′ W . There were no survivors. The trawler, which had escorted a coal convoy across the English Channel, was so badly damaged in the ram that it was only able to reach a port with difficulty.
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes, Graefelfing vor München 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 , p. 39.
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