German submarine U-18 (1935)
Service
- as U-184 January 1936 — 25 August 19441,820 days of the war
- Name
- U-18
- Pennant / hull number
- 1935
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 2 February 1935
- Laid down
- 10 July 1935
- Launched
- 7 December 1935
- Commissioned
- 4 January 1936
- Fate
- Scuttled 25 August 1944 at Constanţa in the Black Sea (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 275 long tons (279 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 323 long tons (328 t)
- Length
- 42.7 m (140.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 4.08 m (13.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.9 m (12.8 ft)
- Speed
- 13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
- Range
- 1,800 nmi (3,334 km)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
U-18 was a Type IIB coastal submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1935. Germaniawerft, Kiel laid her keel on 10 July 1935. She entered service on 4 January 1936, having been launched on 7 December 1935.
50 ships of the class were built. The class followed the CV 707-type submarine and was succeeded by the Planned:.
The boat displaced 275 long tons surfaced and 323 long tons submerged. She measured 42.7 m (140 ft) long with a beam of 4.1 m (13 ft). Her designed speed was 13 knots, and she carried a complement of 25.
Her main battery was one 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,820 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 25 August 1944, at 44°12′N 28°41′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 700 PS (diesels)
- 410 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines
- 1 × 2 cm anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1 (1935)
- German submarine U-10 (1935)
- German submarine U-11 (1935)
- German submarine U-12 (1935)
- German submarine U-120 (1940)
- German submarine U-121 (1940)
- German submarine U-13 (1935)
- German submarine U-137 (1940)
- German submarine U-138 (1940)
- German submarine U-139 (1940)
- German submarine U-14 (1935)
- German submarine U-140 (1940)
- German submarine U-141 (1940)
- German submarine U-142 (1940)
- German submarine U-143 (1940)
- German submarine U-144 (1940)
- German submarine U-145 (1940)
- German submarine U-146 (1940)
- German submarine U-147 (1940)
- German submarine U-148 (1940)
- German submarine U-149 (1940)
- German submarine U-15 (1936)
- German submarine U-150 (1940)
- German submarine U-151 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-18 (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://lectiadeanatomie.blogspot.ro/2012/09/galati-port-de-u-boot-in-cel-de-al.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons