WWI U-boats
U 118
| Type | UE 2 | ||||
| Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 92) | ||||
| Ordered | 27 May 1916 | ||||
| Launched | 23 Feb 1918 | ||||
| Commissioned | 8 May 1918 | ||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | ||||
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk with a total of 10,439 tons. (View ships hit by U 118) | ||||
| 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
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 U 118 from WWII.