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

SM U-157



22nd September 1917   SM U-157

Type U 151 Shipyard Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg Ordered 29 Nov 1916 Launched 23 May 1917 Commissioned 22 Sep 1917

Commanders.
22 Sep 1917 - 20 Jul 1918 Max Valentiner.
21 Jul 1918 - 30 Nov 1918 Ortwin Rave

Career 2 patrols.
22 Sep 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 U-Kreuzer Flotilla

Successes 15 ships sunk with a total of 15,905 tons.

  • 26 Dec 1917 U 157 Max Valentiner Lidia 302 pt
  • 7 Jan 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Oued Sebou 1,540 fr
  • 10 Jan 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Hulda Maersk 1,566 da
  • 11 Jan 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Norefos 1,788 nw
  • 17 Feb 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Estrella Da Bissao 129 pt
  • 20 Feb 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Kithira 2,240 gr
  • 14 Mar 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Arpillao 2,768 sp
  • 4 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Remonstrant 1,073 nw
  • 4 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Don 1,145 nw
  • 9 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Orkney 291 da
  • 15 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Kalps 284 ru
  • 27 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Gloria 120 pt
  • 18 Sep 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Ledaal 2,257 nw
  • 22 Sep 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Gaia 278 pt
  • 8 Oct 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Hawanee 124 br

Fate 11 Nov 1918 - Interned at Trondheim, Norway. Surrendered to France on 8 Feb, 1919. Broken up at Brest during July 1921.

There was another U 157 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 5 Jun 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 15 Sep 1941.

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