WWI U-boats

U 152

 

Type

U 151

Shipyard Reiherstiegw., Hamburg  
Ordered 29 Nov 1916 Laid down  
Launched 20 May 1917 Commissioned 17 Oct 1917 
Commanders
20 Oct 1917 - 3 May 1918   Constantin Kolbe
4 May 1918 - 24 Aug 1918   Gehrard von Zitzewitz
25 Aug 1918 - 15 Nov 1918   Adolf Franz
Career 2 patrols
20 Oct 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 U-Kreuzer Flotilla
Successes19 ships sunk for a total of 37,477 tons.
3 ships damaged for a total of 11,406 tons. 
Fate 24 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Scuttled on June 30, 1921 off the Isle of Wight.  

See the 22 ships hit by U 152


There was another U 152 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 14 Dec 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 29 Jan 1941. Take a look at the U 152 from WWII.

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