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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment

SM U-153



17th November 1917   SM U-153

Type U 151 Shipyard Reiherstiegw., Hamburg Ordered 29 Nov 1916 Launched 19 Jul 1917 Commissioned 17 Nov 1917

Commanders.
17 Nov 1917 - 31 Jul 1918 Gernot Goetting.
1 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Paul Pastuszyk.

Career 1 patrols.
start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 U-Kreuzer Flotilla

Successes 4 ships sunk with a total of 12,742 tons.

  • 15 Mar 1918 U 153 Gernot Goetting Alessandra 2,394 it
  • 14 Apr 1918 U 153 Gernot Goetting Santa Isabel 2,023 br
  • 25 Apr 1918 U 153 Gernot Goetting Willow Branch 3,314 br
  • 9 May 1918 U 153 Gernot Goetting Enrichetta 5,011 it

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.

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