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Name | U-157 |
Ordered | 29 November 1916 |
Builder | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
Launched | 23 May 1917 |
Commissioned | 22 September 1917 |
Fate | 11 November 1918 – Interned at Trondheim, Norway. Surrendered to France on 8 February 1919. Broken up at Brest during July 1921. |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type U 151 submarine |
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Height | 9.25 m (30 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 5.30 m (17 ft 5 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts, 2 × 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) propellers |
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Range | 25,000 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 depth | 50 metres (160 ft) |
Complement | 6 officers, 50 enlisted |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | 2 patrols |
Victories: | 15 merchant ships sunk (15,905 GRT) |
SM U-157 [Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-157 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. [2]
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 2] | Fate [3] |
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26 December 1917 | Lidia | ![]() | 302 | Sunk |
7 January 1918 | Oued Sebou | ![]() | 1,540 | Sunk |
10 January 1918 | Hulda Maersk | ![]() | 1,566 | Sunk |
11 January 1918 | Norefos | ![]() | 1,788 | Sunk |
17 February 1918 | Estrella Da Bissao | ![]() | 129 | Sunk |
20 February 1918 | Kithira | ![]() | 2,240 | Sunk |
14 March 1918 | Arpillao | ![]() | 2,768 | Sunk |
4 August 1918 | Remonstrant | ![]() | 1,073 | Sunk |
4 August 1918 | Don | ![]() | 1,145 | Sunk |
9 August 1918 | Orkney | ![]() | 291 | Sunk |
15 August 1918 | Kalps | ![]() | 284 | Sunk |
27 August 1918 | Gloria | ![]() | 120 | Sunk |
18 September 1918 | Ledaal | ![]() | 2,257 | Sunk |
22 September 1918 | Gaia | ![]() | 278 | Sunk |
8 October 1918 | Hawanee | ![]() | 124 | Sunk |
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