SM U-157

Career (German Empire)
Name:	U-157
Ordered:	29 November 1916
Builder:	HC Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg
Launched:	23 May 1917
Commissioned:	22 September 1917
Fate:	11 November 1918 - Interned at Trondheim, Norway. Surrendered to France on 8 February 1919. Broken up at Brest during July 1921.
General characteristics
Class & type:	German Type U 151 submarine
Displacement:	1,512 long tons (1,536 t) surfaced 1,875 long tons (1,905 t) submerged
Length:	65 m (213 ft) overall 57 m (187 ft) pressure hull
Beam:	8.9 m (29 ft) overall 5.8 m (19 ft) pressure hull
Draught:	5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:	surfaced 800 hp submerged 800 hp
Speed:	12.4 knots (23.0 km/h; 14.3 mph) surfaced 5.2 knots (9.6 km/h; 6.0 mph) submerged
Range:	25,000 nmi (46,000 km; 29,000 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced 65 nmi (120 km; 75 mi) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
Test depth:	Calculated crush depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	56 officers & ratings
Armament:	• 2 × bow torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes) • 2 × 10.5 cm (4 in) deck guns with 1672 rounds

SM U-157 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-157 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. ^[1]

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