Events on this day
25 March
This is a run-down from several databases on our site. It's meant to give a clear picture of events on this date, all year round.
U-boat Shipyard report
| Ordered (4) | Laid down (3) | Launched (5) | Commissioned (2) |
| 1935: U-33, U-34, U-35, U-36 | 1935: U-8 1941: U-259 1943: U-1014 | 1942: U-301, U-414 1943: U-976 1944: U-325, U-777 | 1943: U-970 1944: U-1054 |
| These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages. | |||
Allied Ships hit on this date
| U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Country | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | |||||||
| U-47 | Prien |  | Britta | 1,146 |  da | ||
| U-57 | Korth | Daghestan | 5,742 |  br | |||
| 1942 | |||||||
| U-105 | Schuch | Narragansett | 10,389 | br | |||
| U-552 | Topp | | Ocana | 6,256 |  nl | ||
| U-94 | Ites | | Imperial Transport (d) | 8,022 | br | ON-77 | |
| 1943 | |||||||
| U-518 | Wissmann | | Industria | 1,688 |  sw | ||
| 33,243 | |||||||
| * Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII. | |||||||
Attacks on this day
No attacks found on this date.
U-boats lost
1943: U-469 +
1944: U-976
51 men died when those 2 U-boats were lost on this date. 49 men survived.
Survivors from U-boats almost always landed in allied captivity.
U-boats marked with + were lost with all hands.
- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.
U-boat Men Lost or Wounded
There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 25 March.
- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.
Personnel Information
The following men were born on this day:
Peter-Erich Cremer (1911), Erich Käselau (1922), Wolfgang Poeschel (1920), Karl Schrott (1911), Walter von Steinaecker (1917), Albert Sürenhagen (1916), Claus von Trotha (1914).
The following men died on this day:
Emil Claussen (1943), Carl Emmermann (1990), Theodor Petersen (1999).
See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.
U-boat departures and arrivals on 25 March
This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.
1940
Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-13
From Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-24
1941
Sailed:
From Lorient, France: U-73
1942
Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-86
From Lorient, France: U-109
U-boats entering base:
To Kirkenes U-585 (11 days)
To Lorient, France: U-506 (17 days), U-507 (14 days)
To Narvik, Norway: U-377 (4 days)
To Salamis, Greece: U-371 (22 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-578 (51 days)
1943
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-711
From Kiel, Germany: U-532
From Kristiansand: U-646
From La Pallice: U-571
From Pola: U-617
From Salamis, Greece: U-593
U-boats entering base:
To Brest, France: U-435 (36 days), U-566 (48 days)
To Lorient, France: U-107 (55 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-448 (48 days)
1944
Sailed:
From Konstanza, Rumania: U-18
From Lorient, France: U-537
From Narvik, Norway: U-277, U-355 (lost 8 days later)
U-boats entering base:
To La Pallice U-198 (3 days)
To Pola U-453 (18 days)
To Toulon, France: U-371 (22 days)
1945
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-1023
From Trondheim, Norway: U-485
U-boats entering base:
To Harstad U-995 (13 days)
To Horten, Norway: U-1305 (9 days)
U-boats at sea on 25 March
Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.
1940
U-1, U-2, U-3, U-4, U-21, U-22 (+), U-30, U-34, U-38, U-43, U-46, U-47, U-49, U-51, U-52, U-57.
16 boats at sea.
1941
U-46, U-48, U-69, U-73, U-74, U-97, U-98, U-101, U-105, U-106, U-110, U-124.
12 boats at sea.
1942
U-66, U-67, U-68, U-71, U-73, U-84, U-85 (+), U-86, U-87, U-94, U-97, U-105, U-109, U-123, U-124, U-126, U-129, U-130, U-135, U-136, U-154, U-155, U-158, U-160, U-161, U-201, U-202, U-203, U-205, U-209, U-332, U-334, U-373, U-376, U-378, U-404, U-431, U-435, U-453, U-454, U-455, U-504, U-505, U-552, U-553, U-568, U-569, U-571, U-572, U-575, U-582, U-587 (+), U-588, U-589, U-593, U-594, U-652, U-653, U-654, U-701, U-753, U-754, UA.
63 boats at sea.
1943
U-19, U-24, U-43, U-67, U-68, U-77 (+), U-81, U-84, U-86, U-89, U-91, U-103, U-105 (+), U-106, U-109, U-119, U-123, U-126 (+), U-129, U-134, U-154, U-155, U-159, U-160, U-161, U-167 (+), U-168, U-169 (+), U-172, U-174 (+), U-180, U-181, U-182 (+), U-183, U-185, U-188, U-190, U-191 (+), U-195, U-196, U-198, U-202, U-212, U-221, U-228, U-229, U-230, U-251, U-257, U-258 (+), U-260, U-267, U-269, U-270, U-302, U-305, U-306, U-333, U-336, U-339, U-354, U-355, U-373, U-375, U-378, U-380, U-404, U-406, U-409, U-410, U-415, U-431, U-439, U-440, U-441, U-445, U-455, U-463, U-468, U-506, U-509, U-510, U-513, U-515, U-516, U-518, U-521, U-523, U-526 (+), U-527, U-530, U-532, U-558, U-561, U-563, U-564, U-571, U-572, U-584, U-590, U-591, U-592, U-593, U-594, U-596, U-598, U-600, U-603, U-608, U-610, U-613, U-615, U-616, U-617, U-618, U-625, U-630 (+), U-631, U-632 (+), U-635 (+), U-638, U-639, U-641, U-642, U-644 (+), U-653, U-662, U-663, U-664, U-666, U-703, U-704, U-706, U-711, U-755, U-758.
136 boats at sea.
1944
U-9, U-18, U-20, U-24, U-66 (+), U-68 (+), U-92, U-123, U-129, U-154, U-155, U-170, U-178, U-181, U-188, U-190, U-196, U-214, U-218, U-223 (+), U-228, U-255, U-262, U-267, U-276, U-277, U-278, U-288 (+), U-302 (+), U-307, U-311 (+), U-312, U-313, U-315, U-333, U-354, U-355 (+), U-361, U-413, U-415, U-421, U-437, U-448 (+), U-455 (+), U-466, U-471, U-488 (+), U-505, U-510, U-518, U-532, U-537, U-541, U-546, U-548, U-549, U-550 (+), U-552, U-608, U-618, U-621, U-667, U-672, U-674, U-711, U-741, U-763, U-766, U-802, U-821, U-843, U-851 (+), U-852 (+), U-856 (+), U-956, U-960, U-961 (+), U-962 (+), U-963, U-968, U-969, U-970, U-986 (+), U-990, U-993, U-1062, UIT-24.
87 boats at sea.
1945
U-190, U-218, U-242 (+), U-299, U-307, U-310, U-312, U-313, U-315, U-321 (+), U-324, U-325 (+), U-363, U-396 (+), U-399 (+), U-483, U-485, U-510, U-518 (+), U-530, U-532, U-546 (+), U-548 (+), U-668, U-711, U-716, U-722 (+), U-773, U-774 (+), U-775, U-776, U-778, U-805, U-826, U-843, U-853 (+), U-857 (+), U-858, U-861, U-868, U-879 (+), U-880 (+), U-905 (+), U-953, U-965 (+), U-968, U-978, U-992, U-1001 (+), U-1002, U-1019, U-1022, U-1023, U-1024 (+), U-1058, U-1063 (+), U-1064, U-1106 (+), U-1109, U-1169 (+), U-1195 (+), U-1202, U-1203, U-1233, U-1235 (+), U-2321.
66 boats at sea.
General Events on 25 March
1943
U-341 rescued the crew from the drifting Arado Ar196A-3 WNr 0152 (Erg.Küsten-Nahaufkl. und Bordfliegerstaffel, 6H+EM) in the Baltic Sea about 25 miles north-east of Bornholm. The floatplane had crashed at 1230hrs during an anti-submarine exercise and sank after the U-boat took off the two wounded crewmen.
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