SM U-153

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War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg German Empire
NameU-153
Ordered29 November 1916
Builder Reiherstiegwerft, Hamburg
Launched19 July 1917
Commissioned17 November 1917
Fate
  • Surrendered 24 November 1918
  • Scuttled English Channel 30 June 1921
General characteristics [1]
Class and type German Type U 151 submarine
Displacement
  • 1,512 tonnes (1,488 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 1,875 tonnes (1,845 long tons) (submerged)
  • 2,272 tonnes (2,236 long tons) (total)
Length
Beam
  • 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in) (o/a)
  • 5.80 m (19 ft) (pressure hull)
Height9.25 m (30 ft 4 in)
Draught5.30 m (17 ft 5 in)
Installed power
  • 800 PS (590 kW; 790 bhp) (surfaced)
  • 800 PS (590 kW; 790 bhp) (submerged)
Propulsion2 × shafts, 2 × 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) propellers
Speed
  • 12.4 knots (23.0 km/h; 14.3 mph) surfaced
  • 5.2 knots (9.6 km/h; 6.0 mph) submerged
Range25,000  nmi (46,000 km; 29,000 mi) at 5.5 knots (10.2 km/h; 6.3 mph) surfaced, 65 nmi (120 km; 75 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
Test depth50 metres (160 ft)
Complement6 officers, 50 enlisted
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • U-Kreuzer Flotilla
  • Unknown start - 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • KrvKpt. Gernot Goetting
  • 17 November 1917 - 31 July 1918
  • KrvKpt. Paul Pastuszyk
  • 1 August - 11 November 1918
Operations: 1 patrol
Victories:
  • 3 merchant ships sunk
    (9,428  GRT)
  • 1 auxiliary warship sunk
    (3,314  GRT)

SM U-153 [Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-153 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. [2]

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U-153 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. Exhibited at Greenwich in December 1918, she was originally to be allocated to France, but was swapped with U-162 and retained by the British. Laid up at Portsmouth, she was towed into the English Channel on 30 June 1921 and scuttled. [3] [4]

Summary of raiding history

DateNameNationalityTonnage [Note 2] Fate [5]
15 March 1918 Alessandra Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Kingdom of Italy 2,394Sunk
14 April 1918 Santa Isabel Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2,023Sunk
25 April 1918 HMS Willow Branch Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 3,314Sunk
9 May 1918 Enrichetta Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Kingdom of Italy 5,011Sunk

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
  2. ↑ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.

Citations

  1. ↑ Gröner 1991, pp. 20–21.
  2. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 153". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: the fate of enemy fleets after the two World Wars. Barnsley: Seaforth. pp. 54, 124. ISBN   978-1-5267-4198-1.
  4. ↑ "U 153". Uboat. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 153". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

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