U-25

Type

IA

 
Ordered17 Dec 1934
Laid down28 Jun 1935 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 903)
Launched14 Feb 1936
Commissioned6 Apr 1936Kptlt. Eberhardt Godt
Commanders
6 Apr 1936 - 3 Jan 1938  KrvKpt. Eberhard Godt
3 Jan 1938 - 12 Dec 1938  Kptlt. Werner von Schmidt
10 Dec 1938 - 3 Apr 1939  Kptlt. Otto Schuhart (Knights Cross)
4 Apr 1939 - 4 Sep 1939   Georg-Heinz Michel
5 Sep 1939 - 19 May 1940  KrvKpt. Viktor Schütze (Knights Cross)
20 May 1940 - 1 Aug 1940  Kptlt. Heinz Beduhn
Career
5 patrols
1 Apr 1936-31 Dec 1939  2. Flottille (school boat)
1 Jan 1940-1 Aug 1940  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes7 ships sunk for a total of 33,209 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 17,046 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7,638 GRT
Fate

The boat was lost around 1 August, 1940 in the North Sea north of Terchelling in position 54.14N, 05.07E to British mines, probably in the mine barrage Field No 7. 49 dead (all hands lost).

See the 9 ships hit by U-25 - View the 5 war patrols

Mine barrage Field No 7, was laid by the destroyers HMS Express, HMS Esk, HMS Icarus and HMS Impulsive in the North Sea on 3 March, 1940. It probably accounted for several U-boats on their inbound or return journey.

Wolfpack operations

U-25 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Prien (12 Jun 1940 - 17 Jun 1940)

Men lost from the boat

5 Nov 1939
The boat lost a man overboard in the Bay of Biscay. [Bootsmaat Wilhelm Lützeler]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -


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:

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.
Huelva en la II Guerra Mundial. Ramírez Copeiro del Villar, Jesús, 1996.
Narvik. Dickens, Peter and Grove, Eric J., 1996.
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-25 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 Jul 1913 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 9 May 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 25 during WWI.