German submarine Deutschland

History
German Empire
Name	Deutschland
Port of registry	Bremen
Ordered	27 October 1915
Builder	Flensburger Schiffbau
Yard number	382
Launched	28 March 1916
Fate	Converted into U-155
German Empire
Name	U-155
Commissioned	19 February 1917
Fate	Surrendered 24 November 1918; used as exhibition vessel; broken up at Rock Ferry in 1922.
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Type U 151 submarine
Displacement	1,512 t (1,488 long tons) (surfaced) 1,875 t (1,845 long tons) (submerged) 2,272 t (2,236 long tons) (total)
Length	65 m (213 ft 3 in) (o/a) 57 m (187 ft) (pressure hull)
Beam	8.90 m (29 ft 2 in) (o/a) 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) (pressure hull)
Height	9.25 m (30 ft 4 in)
Draught	5.30 m (17 ft 5 in)
Installed power	800 PS (590 kW; 790 bhp) (surfaced) 800 PS (590 kW; 790 bhp) (submerged)
Propulsion	2 × shafts, 2 × 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) propellers
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 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
Armament	6 × 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes 18 torpedoes 2 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/40 deck guns with 1,688 rounds
Service record
Part of:	U-Kreuzer Flotilla 19 February 1917 – 14 November 1918
Commanders:	Kptlt. Karl Meusel 19 February – 5 September 1917 K.Kapt. Erich Eckelmann 6 September 1917 – 31 May 1918 K.Kapt. Ferdinand Studt 1 June – 14 November 1918
Operations:	3 patrols
Victories:	43 merchant ships sunk (120,434 GRT) 3 merchant ships damaged (9,080 GRT)

Deutschland was a blockade-breaking German merchant submarine used during World War I. It was developed with private funds and operated by the North German Lloyd Line. She was the first of seven U-151-class U-boats built and one of only two used as unarmed cargo submarines.

After making two voyages as an unarmed merchantman, she was taken over by the German Imperial Navy on 19 February 1917 and converted into U-155, armed with six torpedo tubes and two deck guns. As U-155, she began a raiding career in June 1917 that was to last until October 1918, sinking 120,434 GRT of shipping and damaging a further 9,080 GRT of shipping.