German submarine U-218 was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II.  Commissioned on 24 January 1942.

U-218 completed 10 patrols ,mostly mine-laying, sinking two ships totaling 552 gross register tons (GRT), damaged two ships totaling 14,538 GRT, and damaged one auxiliary warship totaling 7,117 GRT.

U-218 is also responsible for sinking the last British ship to be sunk as the result of World War II. The steam fishing vessel Kurd was sunk on 10 July 1945 after hitting a mine laid by U-218 in August 1944 off Lizard Head.

U-218 was damaged on her fifth patrol by an RAF Wellington bomber. U-218 surrendered in Bergen, Norway on 8 May 1945, and sank while under tow to the scuttling grounds of Operation Deadlight on 4 December 1945.

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