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SM U-118 8th May 1918   SM U-118 Type UE 2 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 92) Ordered 27 May 1916 Launched 23 Feb 1918 Commissioned 8 May 1918 Commanders. 8 May 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Herbert Stohwasser Career 1 patrols. start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 I Flotilla Successes 2 ships sunk with a total of 10,439 tons. 16 Sep 1918 U 118 Herbert Stohwasser Wellington 5,600 br 2 Oct 1918 U 118 Herbert Stohwasser Arca 4,839 br Fate 23 Feb 1919 - Surrendered. To have been transferred to France, but the tow parted and she went aground off Hastings on April 15, 1919. Broken up . There was another U 118 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 23 Sep 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 6 Dec 1941. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-118? There are:0 items tagged SM U-118 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-118 during the Great War 1914-1918.