WWI U-boats
U 155 (ex. Deutschland)
U 155 as the merchant submarine Deutschland
| Type | U 151 | ||||||||
| Shipyard | Flensburger Schiffbau (Werk 382) | ||||||||
| Ordered | 27 Oct 1915 | ||||||||
| Launched | 28 Mar 1916 | ||||||||
| Commissioned | 19 Feb 1917 | ||||||||
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| Career | 3 patrols | ||||||||
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| Successes | 43 ships sunk with a total of 120,434 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 9,080 tons. (View ships hit by U 155) | ||||||||
| Fate | 24 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Taken to Britain and exhibitied in London and elsewhere. Broken up at Morecambe in 1922.. | ||||||||
Special note about the commanders for this boat: Kptlt. d.R. Paul König commanded this boat when it was known as the Deutschland commercial submarine. The listing here above only shows the commanders of the boat while under Naval control from 19 Feb, 1917.
There was another U 155 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 May 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 23 Aug 1941. Take a look at U 155 from WWII.
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