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{{other ships|German submarine U-153}}
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|Ship country=[[German Empire]]
|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|German Empire|naval}}
|Ship name=''U-153''
|Ship ordered=29 November 1916
|Ship builder=[[Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik|Reiherstiegwerft]], Hamburg
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched=19 July 1917
|Ship commissioned=17 November 1917
|Ship fate=*Surrendered 24 November 1918
*Scuttled English Channel 30 June 1921
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|Header caption={{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=20-21}}
|Ship class=[[Type U 151 submarine]]
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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1512|t|LT|lk=on}} (surfaced)
*{{convert|1875|t|LT}} (submerged)
*{{convert|2272|t|LT}} (total)
|Ship length=*{{convert|65.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ([[o/a]])
*{{convert|57.00|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} ([[pressure hull]])
|Ship beam=*{{convert|8.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a)
*{{convert|5.80|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (pressure hull)
|Ship height={{convert|9.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|5.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*{{convert|800|PS|kW bhp|abbr=on}} (surfaced)
*{{convert|800|PS|kW bhp|abbr=on}} (submerged)
|Ship propulsion=2 × shafts, 2 × {{convert|1.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}} propellers
|Ship speed=*{{convert|12.4|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|5.2|kn}} submerged
|Ship range={{convert|25000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|5.5|kn}} surfaced, {{convert|65|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|3|kn}} submerged
|Ship test depth={{convert|50|m|ft}}
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|Ship complement=6 officers, 50 enlisted
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|Ship armament=*2 {{convert|50|cm|in|abbr=on}} bow [[torpedo tube]]s
*18 [[torpedo]]es
*2 × [[15 cm SK L/45|{{convert|15|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} SK L/45]] [[deck gun]]s with 1672 rounds
*2 × [[8.8 cm SK L/30 naval gun|{{convert|8.8|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} SK L/30]] deck guns with 764 rounds
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{{Infobox service record
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|partof=*U-Kreuzer Flotilla
*Unknown start - 11 November 1918
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|commanders=*''KrvKpt.'' Gernot Goetting
*17 November 1917 - 31 July 1918
*''KrvKpt.'' Paul Pastuszyk
*1 August - 11 November 1918
|operations=1 patrol
|victories=*3 merchant ships sunk <br>({{GRT|9,428}})
*1 auxiliary warship sunk <br>({{GRT|3,314}})
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'''SM ''U-153'''''{{#tag:ref|"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ({{langx|en|His Majesty's}}) and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''.|group=Note}} was one of the 329 [[submarine]]s serving in the [[Imperial German Navy]] in [[World War I]].
''U-153'' was engaged in the [[Naval warfare of World War I|naval warfare]] and took part in the [[First Battle of the Atlantic]].
<ref>{{cite Uboat.net
|id=153
|name=U 153
|type=1sub
|accessdate=22 January 2010
}}</ref>
''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 [[German submarine U-162|U-162]] and retained by the British. Laid up at Portsmouth, she was towed into the English Channel on 30 June 1921 and scuttled.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |last2=Cant |first2=Serena |title=Spoils of War: the fate of enemy fleets after the two World Wars |date=2020 |publisher=Seaforth |location=Barnsley |isbn=978-1-5267-4198-1 |pages=54, 124}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=153 |title=U 153 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=12 September 2012}}</ref>
==Summary of raiding history==
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! width="140px"|Date
! width="140px"|Name
! width="160px"|Nationality
! width="25px" |Tonnage<ref group=Note name=tonnage>Merchant ship tonnages are in [[gross register tons]]. Military vessels are listed by tons [[displacement (ship)|displacement]].</ref>
! width="160px"|Fate<ref name="u152">{{cite Uboat.net
|id=u153
|name=U 153
|type=1boat
|access-date=5 June 2018
}}</ref>
|-
|align="right"|15 March 1918
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#15 March|''Alessandra'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|align="right"|2,394
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|14 April 1918
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in April 1918#14 April|''Santa Isabel'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|2,023
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|25 April 1918
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in April 1918#25 April|HMS ''Willow Branch'']]
|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|align="right"|3,314
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|9 May 1918
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in May 1918#9 May|''Enrichetta'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|align="right"|5,011
|align="left" |Sunk
|}
==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book
|last1=Gröner
|first1=Erich
|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
|translator-first1=Keith
|translator-last2=Magowan
|translator-first2=Rachel
|year=1991
|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
|volume=2
|series=German Warships 1815–1945
|location=London
|publisher=Conway Maritime Press
|isbn=0-85177-593-4
|ref=CITEREFGröner1991
}}
*{{cite book | last = Jung | first = Dieter | title = Die Schiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine 1914-1918 und ihr Verbleib |trans-title=German Imperial Navy ships 1914-1918 and their fate | publisher = [[Bernard & Graefe]] | location= Bonn | year = 2004 | isbn = 3-7637-6247-7 | language = German }}
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