Unterseeboot 25 (1936)

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U-25
U-25 on patrol.
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	IA
Fieldpost number	M 10 950
Shipyard	AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number	903
Ordered	December 17, 1934
Laid down	June 28, 1935
Launched	February 14, 1936
Commissioned	April 6, 1936
Career
Patrols	5
Flotillas	2. Unterseebootsflottille
Commanders	Eberhard Godt Werner von Schmidt Otto Schuhart Georg-Heinz Michel Viktor Schütze Heinz Beduhn
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
Lost around August 1, 1940 in the North Sea north of Terchelling. 49 dead.

Unterseeboot 25 (also known as U-25) was one of the two Type IA ocean going submarines produced by the German Kriegsmarine. Constructed by AG Weser in Bremen, U-25 was commissioned on April 6, 1936. It experienced a short, but successful combat career, sinking eight enemy ships.

Until 1940, U-25 was primarily used as training vessel and for propaganda purposes by the Nazi government. During its trials it was found that the Type IA submarine was difficult to handle due to its poor stability and slow dive rate. In early 1940, the boat was called into combat duty due to the shortage of available submarines. U-25 participated in five war cruises, sinking eight enemy ships and badly damaging one.

[edit] Fate

Around August 1, 1940, while on a mine laying mission near Norway, U-25 passed through British mine barrage number seven and struck a mine. The boat sank with all hands on board.

[edit] References

U-boat.net. List of all U-Boats – U-25. Retrieved on July 31, 2006.
ubootwaffe.net webpage about U-25
u-boot-archiv.de webpage for U-25
Gordon Williamson. Wolf Pack: The Story of the U-Boat in World War II, Osprey Publishing Limited, 2005.

See also: List of U-boats