French submarine Roland Morillot (S613)

Roland Morillot (ex U-2518) at sea circa 1950
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-2518
Ordered	6 November 1943
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	2518
Laid down	16 August 1944
Launched	4 October 1944
Commissioned	4 November 1944
Fate	Surrendered on 9 May 1945 Transferred to France on 14 February 1946
France
Name	Roland Morillot
Namesake	Roland Morillot
Acquired	August 1945
In service	14 February 1946
Out of service	17 October 1967
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 21 May 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Type XXI submarine
Displacement	1,621 t (1,595 long tons) surfaced 2,100 t (2,067 long tons) submerged
Length	76.70 m (251 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Height	11.30 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	Diesel/Electric 2 × MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6-cylinder diesel engines, 4,000 PS (2,900 kW; 3,900 shp) 2 × SSW GU365/30 double acting electric motors, 5,000 PS (3,700 kW; 4,900 shp) 2 × SSW GV232/28 silent running electric motors, 226 PS (166 kW; 223 shp)
Speed	Surfaced: 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) (diesel) 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h; 20.6 mph) (electric) Submerged: 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph) (electric) 6.1 knots (11.3 km/h; 7.0 mph) (silent running motors)
Range	15,500 nmi (28,700 km; 17,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 340 nmi (630 km; 390 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	240 m (790 ft)
Complement	5 officers, 52 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	Type F432 D2 Radar Transmitter FuMB Ant 3 Bali Radar Detector
Armament	6 × bow torpedo tubes 23 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes or 17 × torpedoes and 12 × mines 4 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA guns
Service record (Kriegsmarine)
Part of:	31st U-boat Flotilla 4 November 1944 – 1 April 1945 11th U-boat Flotilla 1 April – 8 May 1945
Identification codes:	M 49 105
Commanders:	Kptlt. Friedrich Weidner[1] 4 November 1944 – 9 May 1945
Operations:	None
Victories:	None

German submarine U-2518 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine at the end of World War II, which later served in the French Navy, where she was commissioned as Roland Morillot, in honour of Roland Morillot, a French submarine officer killed in 1915.