SM UB 18

  • October 28, 1916 - July 7, 1917: Claus Lafrenz
  • July 8, 1917 - September 21, 1917: Ulrich Meier
  • September 22, 1917 - December 9, 1917: Georg Niemeyer

SM UB 18 was a German U- boat during the First World War.

It was announced on April 30, 1915 at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in order, where it's August 21, 1915 had the launching. It was placed in the Imperial Navy on 10 December 1915 in service and was assigned during his entire period of service of Flanders flotilla.

It was rammed on the night of December 8 December 9, 1917 by the British trawler Ben Lawer and then fell between Brittany and Cornwall in position 49 ° 17 ' N, 5 ° 47' O49.2833333333335.7833333333333Koordinaten: 49 ° 17 '0 " N, 5 ° 47 ' 0" O. There were no survivors. The trawler, who had escorted a convoy carbon across the English Channel, was in the ramming himself so badly damaged that he reached a port with difficulty.

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