French submarine Roland Morillot (S613)

Roland Morillot was a Type XXI submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number S613. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 16 August 1944. She entered service on 4 November 1944, having been launched on 4 October 1944.

Her class ran to 118 ships. The class followed the Type VII and was succeeded by the Type XXVI.

The boat displaced 1,595 long tons surfaced and 2,067 long tons submerged. She measured 76.7 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 57.

Her main battery was four 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.

She served with the Kriegsmarine as U-2518 until 9 May 1945. She then passed to the Marine Nationale, serving as Roland Morillot from August 1945. She was in commission for 218 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 21 May 1969.

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