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| U-1018 | Type VIIC/41 |
| Feldpost Number | M 22 623 |
| Construction Yard | Blohm und Voß, Hamburg |
| Yard Number | 218 |
| Ordered | 23rd Mar 1942 |
| Keel laid | 16th Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 1st Mar 1944 |
| Commissioned | 24th Apr 1944 |
| Baubelehrung | 8.KLA, Hamburg | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 04.44 - 12.44 | 31.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 12.44 - 02.45 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 04.44 - 12.44 | KL Ulrich Faber |
| 12.44 - 02.45 | OL ~ KL Walter Burmeister |
| Operations information for U-1018 | 07.12.1944 - 10.12.1944
First Sailing
U-1018 left Kiel under the command of Walter Burmeister on 7th Dec 1944 and arrived at Horten on 10th Dec 1944 after three days.
| 21.01.1945 - 27.02.1945
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 21st Jan 1945, U-1018 left Horten under the command of Walter Burmeister. The boat was lost on 27th Feb 1945.
Walter Burmeister hit one ship on this patrol from convoy BTC-81.-
On 27th Feb 1945 he sank the Norwegian 1,317 ton Corvus, sailing with convoy BTC-81.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Corvus.
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