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 | 1 Apr, 1936 - 31 Dec, 1939 2. Flottille (school boat) 1 Jan, 1940 - 1 Aug, 1940 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||||||||
| 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). | |||||||||||||
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 - 15 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 -
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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.