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SM U 157

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Name
  
U-157

Commissioned
  
22 September 1917

Test depth
  
50 m

Builder
  
Hamburg

Ordered
  
29 November 1916

Launched
  
23 May 1917

Draft
  
5.3 m

Fate
  
11 November 1918 – Interned at Trondheim, Norway. Surrendered to France on 8 February 1919. Broken up at Brest during July 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)

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.

References

SM U-157 Wikipedia