U-25
Type | IA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 17 Dec 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 28 Jun 1935 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 903) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 14 Feb 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 6 Apr 1936 | Kptlt. Eberhardt Godt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career 5 patrols |
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| Successes | 7 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). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 -
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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.


