SM UC-18 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 29 August 1915 and was launched on 4 March 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 15 August 1916 as SM UC-18.

Mar 20, 2024 · The vessel UC-18 was lost in 1917 after a battle with a secret Royal Navy ship, Lady Olive, which was also sunk. It took a team four years to locate and verify the find in the English Channel,...

Oct 2, 2024 · Henrietta Sandford, from Helston, shared diaries and letters, written by her great-uncle James Simpson while he was stationed on the vessel the Lady Olive, with a team of divers searching for the...

This compelling, captivating and ultimately moving film marks the culmination of an epic four-year search for the Royal Navy 'Q' ship Lady Olive and the German Submarine UC18. These two vessels allegedly destroyed one another in a famous WW1 battle.

Oct 2, 2024 · For decades, divers and historians have searched to discover the fate of German submarine UC18 and Royal Navy Q-Ship the Lady Olive that were both said to have sunk in 1917. The...

Mar 19, 2024 · These two vessels allegedly destroyed one another in a famous WW1 battle. They have lain lost on the sea bed ever since - along with the rem...more. This captivating film marks the culmination of...

UC 18 was sunk with all hands in that action. Lady Olive sank at 0930 and the french destroyer Dunois rescued her crew the following day.

Mar 27, 2024 · She was sunk with the loss of her 28 crewmen on 19 February 1917 after a battle with a British ‘Q-Ship’ known as Lady Olive. Q-Ships were merchant vessels secretly carrying concealed armaments, a ploy to lure the German U-boats into position before launching a …

Sep 29, 2024 · The encounter between the Lady Olive and the U-boat had an unexpected connection to the island they both sank off, according to a census researcher.

Mar 20, 2024 · Lying in more than 70m of water, the wreck of the UC II Class mine-laying submarine UC-18 and that of which they believe to be the British ship which sank her, HMS Lady Olive, have been located 40 miles west of their historically …