[1] The UE IIs joined the conflict in the middle of 1917, at a time when the tide of the war was turning against Germany.

[2] Because they entered service late in the war, the UE IIs only sank 23 ships and damaged 4 others before the end of hostilities.

[4] Following the end of the war, all of the Type UE II submarines were handed over to the allies as part of the Treaty of Versailles.

In June 1921 she was taken out to sea and sunk as a target for aerial bombing tests conducted by the Navy and Army.

[3] SM U-118 was turned over to France but broke her tow and was washed ashore at Hastings in Sussex where she remained until being finally broken up in December 1919.