WWI U-boats

U 25

Type U 23
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 179)
Ordered 18 Mar 1911
Laid down 7 May 1912
Launched 12 Jul 1913
Commissioned 9 May 1914
Commanders
9 May 1914 - 15 Sep 1915 Kptlt. Otto Wünsche (Pour le Mérite)
Career 3 patrols
unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 training Flotilla
1 Aug 1914 - unknown end IV Flotilla
Successes21 ships sunk with a total of 14,145 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 163 tons. (View ships hit by U 25)
Fate 23 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921-2.

There was another U 25 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 14 Feb 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 6 Apr 1936. Take a look at U 25 from WWII.


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