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Name | U-154 |
Ordered | 29 November 1916 |
Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg |
Yard number | 381 |
Launched | 10 September 1917 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1917 |
Fate | Sunk 11 May 1918 |
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Class and 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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SMU-154 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German NavyinWorld War I. U-154 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.[2]
On 11 May 1918, U-154 was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Oceanat36°51′N 11°50′W / 36.850°N 11.833°W / 36.850; -11.833 by the Royal Navy submarine HMS E35 with the loss of all 77 of her crew.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 1] | Fate[3] |
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12 March 1918 | Nordkyn | ![]() |
3,244 | Sunk |
17 March 1918 | Guadalquivir | ![]() |
2,078 | Sunk |
21 March 1918 | Chincha | ![]() |
6,371 | Damaged |
26 March 1918 | Beira Alta | ![]() |
101 | Sunk |
7 April 1918 | La Bruyere | ![]() |
2,198 | Damaged |
9 April 1918 | President Howard | ![]() |
73 | Sunk |
10 April 1918 | Burutu | ![]() |
3,902 | Damaged |
21 April 1918 | Michelet | ![]() |
2,636 | Sunk |
25 April 1918 | Kawachi Maru | ![]() |
5,749 | Damaged |
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