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| 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, total tonnage 33,209 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 17,046 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 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). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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)
Attacks on this boat and other events
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.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
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 -
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
 2 Mushrooms | Skull and crossbones |
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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.