SM U-153
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U-153 |
| Ordered | 29 November 1916 |
| Builder | Reiherstiegwerft, Hamburg |
| Launched | 19 July 1917 |
| Commissioned | 17 November 1917 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 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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| Operations: | 1 patrol |
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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 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. Exhibited at Greenwich in December 1918, she was originally to be allocated to France, but was swapped with U-162 and retained by the British. Laid up at Portsmouth, she was towed into the English Channel on 30 June 1921 and scuttled.