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The U155 at Tower Bridge.

The U155 at Tower Bridge.
The U155 at Tower Bridge.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: P39570
Description: Launched at the Flensburger Schiffbau yard on 28 March 1916, 'U155' was seized after the Armistice on 24 November 1918. She was taken to Britain and exhibited in London and elsewhere, before being broken up at Morecambe in 1922. During her career she carried out three patrols between 19 February 1917 and 11 November 1918, during which she sank 66 Allied merchant ships with a combined tonnage of 188,101 tons.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1919
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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