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SM U-157 22nd September 1917   SM U-157 Type U 151 Shipyard Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg Ordered 29 Nov 1916 Launched 23 May 1917 Commissioned 22 Sep 1917 Commanders. 22 Sep 1917 - 20 Jul 1918 Max Valentiner. 21 Jul 1918 - 30 Nov 1918 Ortwin Rave Career 2 patrols. 22 Sep 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 U-Kreuzer Flotilla Successes 15 ships sunk with a total of 15,905 tons. 26 Dec 1917 U 157 Max Valentiner Lidia 302 pt 7 Jan 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Oued Sebou 1,540 fr 10 Jan 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Hulda Maersk 1,566 da 11 Jan 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Norefos 1,788 nw 17 Feb 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Estrella Da Bissao 129 pt 20 Feb 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Kithira 2,240 gr 14 Mar 1918 U 157 Max Valentiner Arpillao 2,768 sp 4 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Remonstrant 1,073 nw 4 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Don 1,145 nw 9 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Orkney 291 da 15 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Kalps 284 ru 27 Aug 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Gloria 120 pt 18 Sep 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Ledaal 2,257 nw 22 Sep 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Gaia 278 pt 8 Oct 1918 U 157 Ortwin Rave Hawanee 124 br Fate 11 Nov 1918 - Interned at Trondheim, Norway. Surrendered to France on 8 Feb, 1919. Broken up at Brest during July 1921. There was another U 157 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 5 Jun 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 15 Sep 1941. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-157? There are:0 items tagged SM U-157 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-157 during the Great War 1914-1918.