Name U-153 Commissioned 17 November 1917 Test depth 50 m | Ordered 29 November 1916 Launched 19 July 1917 Draft 5.3 m | |
Fate Surrendered 24 November 1918Scuttled 30 June 1921 Class and type German Type U 151 submarine Displacement 1,512 tonnes (1,488 long tons) (surfaced)1,875 tonnes (1,845 long tons) (submerged)2,272 tonnes (2,236 long tons) (total) Builder Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik | ||
SM U-153 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-153 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
U-153 surrendered to the United Kingdom on 24 November 1918, just after the end of World War I. The British scuttled her in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight on 30 June 1921.
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