SM U-159

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-159.

History
German Empire
Name:	U-159
Ordered:	February 1917
Builder:	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Launched:	25 May 1918
Fate:	Broken up in 1919
General characteristics
Class & type:	German Type U 158 submarine
Displacement:	811 t (798 long tons) surfaced 1,034 t (1,018 long tons) submerged
Length:	71.15 m (233 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam:	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (o/a)
Height:	8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught:	3.94 m (12 ft 11 in)
Installed power:	2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers
Speed:	16.0 knots (29.6 km/h; 18.4 mph) surfaced 9.0 knots (16.7 km/h; 10.4 mph) submerged
Range:	12,370 nmi (22,910 km; 14,240 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement:	4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament:	6 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern) 12-16 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun

SM U-159 was a Type U-158 submarine of the Imperial German Navy, built during the First World War.

SM U-159 was one of six 810-ton boats ordered in February 1917. She was one of two ships built to an improved design developed from the Type U-115 design, along with her sister, SM U-158. They were known as 'Project 25', and had a greatly increased radius of action. Both ships were built at Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, with U-159 being launched on 25 May 1918. The war ended before she could see active service, and she was broken up in 1919.