WWI U-boats

U 153

Type U 151
ShipyardReiherstiegw., Hamburg
Ordered 29 Nov 1916
Launched 19 Jul 1917
Commissioned 17 Nov 1917
Commanders
17 Nov 1917 - 31 Jul 1918 KrvKpt. Gernot Goetting
1 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 KrvKpt. Paul Pastuszyk
Career 1 patrol
unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 U-Kreuzer Flotilla
Successes4 ships sunk with a total of 12,742 tons. (View ships hit by U 153)
Fate 24 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Scuttled off the Isle of Wight on June 30, 1921.

There was another U 153 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 5 Apr 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Jul 1941. Take a look at U 153 from WWII.


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