U-152

Type

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Ordered25 Sep 1939
Laid down 6 Jul 1940 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 281)
Launched14 Dec 1940
Commissioned29 Jan 1941Kptlt. Peter-Erich Cremer (Knights Cross)
Commanders
29 Jan 1941 - 21 Jul 1941  Kptlt. Peter-Erich Cremer (Knights Cross)
22 Jul 1941 - 30 Sep 1941  Oblt. Werner Bender
1 Oct 1941 - 31 Jul 1942   Hans Hildebrandt
1 Aug 1942 - 20 Sep 1942  Ltn. Hans-Ferdinand Geisler
21 Sep 1942 - 24 Jul 1943  Oblt. Victor-Wilhelm Nonn
25 Jul 1943 - 15 Oct 1944  Oblt. Wilhelm Bergemann
16 Oct 1944 - 2 May 1945  Oblt. Gernot Thiel
CareerNo patrols29 Jan 1941 - 31 Aug 1941  24. Flottille (training)
1 Sep 1941 - 1 Mar 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945 - 2 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven. Wreck broken up , date unknown.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-152 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have emblem entries for this boat!

You can view the emblems here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Battle Beneath the Waves. Stern, Robert C., 1999.
German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.


There was another U-152 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 20 May 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 20 Oct 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 152 during WWI.