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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-2518Type XXI
Feldpost NumberM 49 105
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number2518
Ordered6th Nov 1943
Keel laid16th Aug 1944
Launched4th Oct 1944
Commissioned4th Nov 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
11.44 - 04.4531.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
04.45 - 05.4511.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot ohne Einsatz (temp. non operational)
Commanders
11.44 - 05.45OL ~ KL Friedrich Weidner
see also: UD-1 U-1052 

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