Qualla: German submarine U-318 https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-318 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: German submarine U-318 https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-318 German submarine U-318: Introduction https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-318/ Her yard number was the same as her hull designation: 318. The Flender-Werke shipyard at Lubeck launched her on 25 September 1943, and through nineteen months of war she ranged the coast of Nazi-occupied Norway in six patrols, hopping between bases - Egersund, Bergen, Kristiansand, Arendal, Trondheim, Bogenbucht, Kilbotn, Harstad, Narvik. She joined two wolfpacks. She sank no ships. When she surrendered at Narvik in May 1945, she had completed everything the Kriegsmarine asked of her and accomplished none of it. Her last service was to be sunk as a target by the Royal Navy north of Northern Ireland, five days before Christmas 1945.

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