French submarine Roland Morillot (S613)

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.

The submarine was laid down on 16 August 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 4 October 1944, and commissioned on 4 November 1944 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Friedrich Weidner.

[2] On 9 May 1945, she surrendered to British forces at Horten Naval Base, Norway.

The U-boat arrived at Cherbourg on 26 February 1946, and after repairs made her first voyage on 20 August.

In January 1948 she sailed from Toulon to Casabianca completely submerged, and in April 1948 was permanently assigned to the Navy.