Patrol info for U-25
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 13 Jan 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 19 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 38 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Kptlt. Viktor Schütze |
1WO Kptlt. Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat |
ObStrm Paul Sander |
Patrol in the North Atlantic off Portugal and Gibraltar.
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-25
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We have 36 daily positions for the 38 days U-25 was at sea.
Departure from Wilhelmshaven on 13 Jan 1940.
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Arrival at Wilhelmshaven on 19 Feb 1940.
Ships hit by U-25 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 1940 | U-25 | Viktor Schütze | Polzella | 4,751 |  | br | ||
| 17 Jan 1940 | U-25 | Viktor Schütze |  | Enid | 1,140 |  | nw | |
| 18 Jan 1940 | U-25 | Viktor Schütze | | Pajala | 6,873 |  | sw | |
| 22 Jan 1940 | U-25 | Viktor Schütze | Songa | 2,589 | | nw | ||
| 3 Feb 1940 | U-25 | Viktor Schütze | Armanistan | 6,805 | | br | OG-16 | |
| 13 Feb 1940 | U-25 | Viktor Schütze | | Chastine Mærsk | 5,177 |  | da | |
| 27,335 | ||||||||
6 ships sunk (27,335 tons). Legend | ||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1940
30 Jan 1940. U-25 was refuelled by the German tanker Thalia in Cadiz harbour, the first time a Spanish port was used for this.
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Attacks on U-25 during this patrol
18 Jan 1940
At 16.25 hours, the boat torpedoed and sank Pajala near North Rona, Hebrides. Her escort, the armed boarding vessel HMS Northern Duke, forced U-25 to dive with gunfire at 17.26 hours and dropped depth charges. They claimed hits on the conning tower and the sinking of the enemy, but U-25 in fact escaped undamaged.
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