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German Empire | |
Name: | U-157 |
Ordered: | 29 November 1916 |
Builder: | HC 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 | |
Class and type: | German 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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SM U-157 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.