| Name | Rank | Born | Died | Notes [+ indicates died while crew of boat] |
| Ballert | Rene | OLt.z.S.01.12.43 | 03.03.1920 | 20.11.1985 | U-518. 2WO.04.42-05.43. 1WO.05.43-12.43. U-1196. Cdr.02.44-03.05.45. was decommissioned following trop explosion 08.44 birthplace Tilsit serial/entry Crew of XII/1939 |
| Bennke | Günter-Ernst-Walter | MtrOGfr | 21.07.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ US destroyer escorts USS Carter and USS Neal A. Scott. All crew lost lost N.W.of Azores. 43.26N. 38.23W. |
| Benthin | Karl-Dietrich | OLt.z.S. 01.10.44 | 25.09.1921 | 26.11.1990 | U-518. WO.04.43-05.44. U-2335. Cdr.27.09.44-surren. Pow. Camp.18. Pow. No.B.105604 birthplace Konigsberg. serial/entry Crew of X/1940 |
| Besold | Heinrich | OLt.z.S. 01.10.43 | 18.10.1920 | | U-981. Cdr.Schuler.(03.44-05.44) survivedived sinkng pick up by U-309. U-518. WO.07.44-11.44. U-1308. Cdr.17.01.45-02.05.45 birthplace Nürnberg serial/entry Crew of IX/1939 |
| Bischoff | Goswin | Lt.z.S | 01.12.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Böhm | Karl | MaschMt | 25.09.1919 | 00.00.1995 | U-128. U-190. U-518 awards DKiG. 21.11.44.(U-518). |
| Brachmann | Hans-Günther | Kapt.z.S | 11.02.1904 | | """GNEISENAU"" Gunnery offizier(21.05.38-12.39). ""Köln"" gunnery Offizier (Dec.39-Apr.41). U-518. Cdr.03.42-18.08.42." birthplace Kiel serial/entry Crew of 1922 |
| Bruckmann | Bruno | OBtsMt | 04.03.1921 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Capito | Albert | OMasch | 08.03.1914 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores awards DKiG.21.11.44 |
| Damaschke | Hans-Hartwig | Lt.z.S | 21.09.1921 | 07.04.1993 | U-518. U-1010. U-2535 birthplace Lübz |
| David | Ullrich | MechOGfr | 10.05.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Dederichs | Adolf | MechOGfr | 05.04.1925 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Diefenbach | Martin | MaschMt | 15.08.1919 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Diekmann | Heinrich | OLt.ing | 06.04.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores serial/entry Crew of V/1941 |
| Dobbratz | Ulrich | FkMstr | 20.02.1919 | 22.04.1945 | U-407. (18.12.41- U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Downar | Helmut | MaschOGfr | 06.02.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Dreiser | Felix | MaschGfr | | | U-123. U-518 |
| Engler | Heinz | MaschMt | 27.12.1919 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Eydeler | Ferdinand | MaschOGfr | 08.08.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Forster | Heinz | MtrOGfr | 11.02.1923 | 18.06.2006 | U-518. U-779 |
| Freidel | Alois | BtsMt | 02.01.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Friedrich | Walter | FkHGfr | 24.01.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Gärtner | Karl | MaschMt | 10.01.1920 | 12.12.1977 | U-509. all patrols except last. U-518 |
| Gawenat | Hans-Egon | Lt.z.S | 08.01.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Geßner | Walter | OStrm | 15.10.1916 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores awards DKiG. Träger. 21.11.44.(U-518). |
| Grosser | Walter | FkOGfr | 14.12.1921 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Hamann | August | OMaschMt | 18.10.1919 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Heine | Albert | OMaschMt | 25.10.1917 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Hilgers | Johann | MaschOGfr | 20.03.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Hofmeister | Wilhelm | MtrOGfr | 22.09.1922 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Imberg | Albert | MechMt | 16.10.1921 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Kaiser | Heinz | FkOGfr | 07.02.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Kaufmann | Johannes | MtrOGfr | 21.04.1921 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Kehm | Robert | MaschOGfr | 30.04.1925 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Kockegei | Albert | MtrOGfr | 26.08.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Kremer | Theodor-Friedrich | Mtr.II | 25.02.1921 | 22.04.1945 | U-177. U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Kronsbein | Rolf-Franz-Emil | MaschOGfr | 16.04.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Krull | Siegfried | Mtr | 17.05.1922 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Lemke | Paul | BtsMt | 05.04.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Lemper | Phillip | OMasch | 10.03.1913 | 22.04.1945 | """PINGUIN"".(03.11.39- U-518+ (25.04.42-22.04.45)." birthplace Pützchen bei Bonn lost N.W.of Azores awards Raider Badge.01.09.40. E.K.2.01.09.40. U-boat Badge.19.12.42. E.K.1.02.05.43. Blockade Badge.14.01.44. Front Clasp in bronze.30.10.44. DKiG. 07.07.44.(U-518). |
| Lender | Wilhelm | MaschHGfr | 06.11.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ |
| Lindner | Alfred | MtrOGfr | 11.11.1922 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Lorenzen | Theodor | MechGfr | 21.01.1925 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Marschall | Herbert | MaschMt | 12.02.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Mühlfeld | Georg | MaschOGfr | 19.04.1925 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Mutz | Josef | MaschGfr | 23.11.1925 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Neitzsch | Wilhelm | OLt.z.S.01.10.43 | 14.05.1920 | | """TIGER"".(06.41-06.43). U-518. WO.(12.43-11.44). U-3509. 1WO.(02.45-04.45) Cdr.(04.45-05.45)." birthplace Langenzenn serial/entry Crew of IX/1939 |
| Neuert | Heinz | MaschOGfr | 17.05.1924 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |
| Nickel | Fritz | OBtsMt | 16.05.1920 | | U-29. U-518 awards DKiG. 31.05.44.(U-518). |
| Nuding | Alfred | MaschMt | 19.02.1923 | 22.04.1945 | U-518+ lost N.W.of Azores |