U-Boat Operations

Operations information for U-218
25.08.1942 - 27.08.1942 First Sailing U-218 left Kiel under the command of Richard Becker on 25th Aug 1942 and arrived at Kristiansand on 27th Aug 1942 after two days.
28.08.1942 - 29.09.1942 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 28th Aug 1942, U-218 left Kristiansand under the command of Richard Becker and after four and a half weeks arrived at Brest on 29th Sep 1942. Richard Becker hit one ship on this patrol from convoy ON-127. On 11th Sep 1942 he damaged the Norwegian 7,361 ton Fjordaas, sailing with convoy ON-127. You can find more about convoy ON-127 at the warsailors.com page on convoy ON-127. You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com. Click the link for more information on Fjordaas.
25.10.1942 - 21.11.1942 Third Sailing - active patrol U-218 departed under Richard Becker from Brest on 25th Oct 1942 and arrived back at Brest on 21st Nov 1942 after nearly four weeks on patrol.
07.01.1943 - 10.03.1943 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-218 left Brest under the command of Richard Becker on 7th Jan 1943 and returned nearly nine weeks later to Brest on 10th Mar 1943.
18.04.1943 - 19.04.1943 Fifth Sailing On the 18th Apr 1943, U-218 left Brest under the command of Richard Becker and arrived back at Brest one day later on 19th Apr 1943.
20.04.1943 - 02.06.1943 Sixth Sailing - active patrol U-218 departed under Richard Becker from Brest on 20th Apr 1943 and returned to Brest on 2nd Jun 1943 after just over six weeks on patrol.
22.07.1943 - 23.07.1943 Seventh Sailing U-218 left Brest under the command of Richard Becker on 22nd Jul 1943 and arrived back at Brest on 23rd Jul 1943 after one day.
29.07.1943 - 06.08.1943 Eighth Sailing - active patrol On the 29th Jul 1943, U-218 left Brest under the command of Richard Becker and returned just over one week later to Brest on 6th Aug 1943.
19.09.1943 - 08.12.1943 Ninth Sailing - active patrol U-218 departed under Richard Becker from Brest on 19th Sep 1943 and arrived back at Brest eleven and a half weeks later on 8th Dec 1943. Richard Becker hit one ship on this patrol. On 5th Nov 1943 he sank the British 146 ton Beatrice Beck.
12.02.1944 - 07.05.1944 Tenth Sailing - active patrol U-218 left Brest under the command of Richard Becker on 12th Feb 1944 and returned to Brest on 7th May 1944 after just over twelve weeks on patrol.
13.06.1944 - 10.07.1944 Eleventh Sailing - active patrol On the 13th Jun 1944, U-218 left Brest under the command of Richard Becker and arrived back at Brest on 10th Jul 1944 after nearly four weeks on patrol. U-218 laid mines on this patrol. These mines were hit by 1 ship. The 7,177 ton British HMS Empire Halberd was damaged by a mine on 6th Jul 1944.
10.08.1944 - 23.09.1944 Twelfth Sailing - active patrol U-218 departed under Rupprecht Stock from Brest on 10th Aug 1944 and after over six weeks arrived at Bergen on 23rd Sep 1944.
06.10.1944 - 12.10.1944 Thirteenth Sailing U-218 left Bergen under the command of Rupprecht Stock on 6th Oct 1944 and arrived at Flensburg on 12th Oct 1944 after six days.
17.10.1944 - 17.10.1944 Fourteenth Sailing On the 17th Oct 1944, U-218 left Flensburg under the command of Rupprecht Stock and arrived at Kiel on the same day.
06.03.1945 - 07.03.1945 Fifteenth Sailing U-218 departed under Rupprecht Stock from Kiel on 6th Mar 1945 and arrived at Stranderbucht on 7th Mar 1945 after one day.
10.03.1945 - 10.03.1945 Sixteenth Sailing U-218 left Stranderbucht under the command of Rupprecht Stock on 10th Mar 1945 and arrived at Frederikshavn on the same day.
11.03.1945 - 12.03.1945 Seventeenth Sailing On the 11th Mar 1945, U-218 left Frederikshavn under the command of Rupprecht Stock and arrived at Horten on 12th Mar 1945 after one day.
14.03.1945 - 14.03.1945 Eighteenth Sailing U-218 departed under Rupprecht Stock from Horten on 14th Mar 1945 and returned to Horten on the same day.
17.03.1945 - 20.03.1945 Nineteenth Sailing U-218 left Horten under the command of Rupprecht Stock on 17th Mar 1945 and arrived at Bergen on 20th Mar 1945 after three days.
22.03.1945 - 08.05.1945 Twentieth Sailing - active patrol On the 22nd Mar 1945, U-218 left Bergen under the command of Rupprecht Stock and returned more than six weeks later to Bergen on 8th May 1945. U-218 laid mines on this patrol. These mines were hit by 2 ships. The 200 ton British Ethel Crawford was sunk by a mine on 20th Apr 1945. The 352 ton British Kned was sunk by a mine on 10th Jul 1945.

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