SM U-25
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Name: | U-25 |
Ordered: | 18 March 1911 |
Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Laid down: | 7 May 1912 |
Launched: | 12 July 1913 |
Commissioned: | 9 May 1914 |
Fate: | 23 February 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921-2. |
General characteristics Ocean-going diesel submarine | |
Class and type: | German Type U 23 submarine |
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Length: | 64.70 m (212.3 ft) |
Beam: | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
Draught: | 3.45 m (11 ft 4 in) |
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Test depth: | about 50 m (160 ft) |
Boats & landing craft carried: | 1 dingi |
Complement: | 4 officers, 31 men |
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Service record[1] | |
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Operations: | 3 patrol |
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SM U-25[Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.
U-25 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[3] |
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7 June 1915 | Glittertind | 717 | Sunk | |
7 June 1915 | Nottingham | 165 | Sunk | |
7 June 1915 | Pentland | 204 | Sunk | |
7 June 1915 | Saturn | 183 | Sunk | |
7 June 1915 | Velocity | 186 | Sunk | |
9 June 1915 | Cardiff | 163 | Sunk | |
9 June 1915 | Castor | 182 | Sunk | |
9 June 1915 | J. Leyman | 197 | Sunk | |
9 June 1915 | Tunisian | 211 | Sunk | |
4 July 1915 | Sunbeam | 132 | Sunk | |
8 July 1915 | Anna | 2,000 | Sunk | |
8 July 1915 | Guido | 2,093 | Sunk | |
9 July 1915 | Nordaas | 1,111 | Sunk | |
11 July 1915 | Hainton | 156 | Sunk | |
11 July 1915 | Syrian | 176 | Sunk | |
11 July 1915 | Fleetwood | 163 | Damaged | |
6 August 1915 | Maj | 920 | Sunk | |
7 August 1915 | Norman | 1,060 | Sunk | |
10 August 1915 | Aura | 396 | Sunk | |
14 August 1915 | Albis | 1,381 | Sunk | |
17 August 1915 | Mineral | 649 | Sunk | |
19 August 1915 | Bras | 1,863 | Sunk |
References
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ↑ Tonnages are in gross register tons
Citations
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 25". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "short biography of Emil Heusinger von Waldegg". Axis Biographical Research (in German). Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 25". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
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