U BOATS IN ACTION SOUTH ATLANTIC - U-518 U-863

1)U 518

Ordered 14 Feb 1940

Laid down 12 Jun 1941  Deutscher Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 314)

Launched 11 Feb 1942

Commissioned 25 Apr 42  Fregkpt. Hans-Günther Brachmann

Commanders   

25 Apr 1942 - 18 Aug 1942  FrgKpt. Hans-Günther Brachmann   

19 Aug 1942 - 13 Jan 1944  Kptlt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann

13 Jan 1944 - 22 Apr 1945 Oblt. Hans-Werner Offermann (German Cross in Gold)    

Career:

7 patrols 

25 Apr 1942 - 30 Sep 1942  4. Flotille (training)

1 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1944   2. Flotille (active service)

1 Nov 1944 - 22 Apr 1945  33 Flotille (active service)

Successes - U-518 a IX-C type had 9 ships sunk for a total of 55,747 GRT

3 ships damaged for a total of 22,616 GRT

Fate:  Sunk 22 April, 1945 in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 43º26” N38º23”W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Carter and USS Neal A. Scott.

56 dead (all hands lost).

By www.uboat.net

In the south Atlantic U-518 had 4 ships sunk for a total of 22,598GRT

MARISO - INDUSTRIA - FITZ JOHN PORTER - BRASILOIDE

MARISO

 INDUSTRIA

FITZ JOHN PORTER

BRASILOIDE

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