WWI U-boats

U 152

Type U 151
ShipyardReiherstiegw., Hamburg
Ordered 29 Nov 1916
Launched 20 May 1917
Commissioned 17 Oct 1917
Commanders
20 Oct 1917 - 3 May 1918 Kptlt. Constantin Kolbe
4 May 1918 - 24 Aug 1918 KrvKpt. Gerhard von Zitzewitz
25 Aug 1918 - 15 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Adolf Franz
Career 2 patrols
20 Oct 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 U-Kreuzer Flotilla
Successes19 ships sunk with a total of 37,505 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 11,406 tons. (View ships hit by U 152)
Fate 24 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Scuttled on June 30, 1921 off the Isle of Wight.

There was another U 152 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 14 Dec 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 29 Jan 1941. Take a look at U 152 from WWII.


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