WWI U-boats
U 18
Type | U 17 | ||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 12) | ||||
Ordered | 6 May 1910 | ||||
Laid down | 27 Oct 1910 | ||||
Launched | 25 Apr 1912 | ||||
Commissioned | 17 Nov 1912 | ||||
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Career | 3 patrols | ||||
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Successes | No successes | ||||
Fate | 23 Nov 1914 - Rammed by HMS Garry and trawler Dorothy Grey in Pentland Firth, Scapa Flow (58.41N, 02.55W).. 1 dead and 26 survivors. |
There was another U 18 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 7 Dec 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 4 Jan 1936. Take a look at U 18 from WWII.