UIT-25
(ex Italian submarine Luigi Torelli)
| Type | Mercello/Marconi | Italian design |
| Laid down | 1938 | Odero-Terni-Orlando, Italy |
| Commissioned * | 10 Sept, 1943 | Frgkpt. Werner Striegler |
| Commanders | 12.43 - 08.44 09.44 - 02.45 02.45 - 05.45 |
Frgkpt. Werner Striegler Oblt. Herbert Schrein (in deputize) Oblt. Alfred Meier |
| Career | 3 patrols |
12.43 - 09.44 12th Flotilla (Bordeaux) front boat 10.44 - 05.45 33rd Flotilla (Flensburg) front boat |
| Successes | None | |
| Fate |
Launched as the Italian submarine Luigi Torelli.
Taken over at Kobe, Japan on 10 May, 1945 and commissioned as I-504. Surrendered at Kobe, Japan in August 1945. Sunk by the US Navy on 16 April 1946 in the Kii Suido between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Shikolu. | |
The submarines Faà di Bruno and Luigi Torelli (in the background) when they arrived
to the Betasom flotilla at Bordeaux, France on 5th October, 1940.
* Commissioned into German service.
These boats were roughly 1060tons on the surface, in many ways they were similar in measurements to the German type IXB, they had 8 torpedo tubes and carried 14 torpedoes and had a complement of roughly 57 in Italian service.