were rigged aboard her, then she was escorted outside the shipping lane under a prize crew. Von Nostitz then transferred 70 tons of copper ingots from Vindeggen to U-151. On 14 June U-151 followed this with the sinking of the Norwegian barque Samoa, en route from Walvis Bay, South-West Africa, to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, with a cargo of copper ore, by gunfire s off the Virginia coast. There were no casualties. On 18 June, U-151 sank the steamship , and then loitered near Dwinsks lifeboats in the hopes that more Allied shipping would be attracted to them. Through this ruse, she launched torpedoes at the U.S. Navy auxiliary cruiser and troopship , but missed and was instead depth charged by Von Steuben. On 28 June, U-151 captured SS Dictator and made its crew prisoners of war. Among those taken were four men from Newfoundland. U-151 returned to Kiel on 20 July 1918 after a 94-day cruise in which she had covered a distance of . Her commander reported that she had sunk 23 ships totalling 61,000 tons and had laid mines responsible for the sinking of another four vessels. Fate At the end of the war U-151 surrendered to France at Cherbourg. The French Navy sank her as a target on 7 June 1921. Summary of raiding history See also USS Von Steuben, one of the ships she unsuccessfully attacked in 1918. Notes Bibliography Notes References External links For a discussion of the impact of this boat on the U.S. submarine effort in WWI Photo, Herbert L. Pratt grounded after making way inshore. German Type U 151 submarines U-boats commissioned in 1917 Maritime incidents in 1917 Maritime incidents in 1921 U-boats sunk in 1921 World War I submarines of Germany World War I shipwrecks in the English Channel Ships sunk as targets 1917 ships