SM U-159

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War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg German Empire
NameU-159
OrderedFebruary 1917
Builder Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Launched25 May 1918
FateBroken up in 1919
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Type U 158 submarine
Displacement
  • 811  t (798 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,034 t (1,018 long tons) submerged
Length71.15 m (233 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (o/a)
Height8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught3.94 m (12 ft 11 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × 2,400  PS (1,765  kW; 2,367  shp) surfaced
  • 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers
Speed
  • 16.0 knots (29.6 km/h; 18.4 mph) surfaced
  • 9.0 knots (16.7 km/h; 10.4 mph) submerged
Range
  • 12,370  nmi (22,910 km; 14,240 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament

SM U-159 [Note 1] was a Type U-158 submarine of the Imperial German Navy, built during the First World War.

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SM U-159 was one of six 810-ton boats ordered in February 1917. [2] She was one of two ships built to an improved design developed from the Type U-115 design, along with her sister, SM U-158. [3] They were known as 'Project 25', and had a greatly increased radius of action. Both ships were built at Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, with U-159 being launched on 25 May 1918. [3] The war ended before she could see active service, and she was broken up in 1919. [3]

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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.

Citations

  1. ↑ Gröner 1991, pp. 12–14.
  2. ↑ Gibson & Prendergast. The German Submarine War. p. 143.
  3. 1 2 3 Gardiner & Budzbon. All the World's Fighting Ships. p. 180.

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