SM U-25
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Name | U-25 |
Ordered | 18 March 1911 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 179 |
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 |
Displacement | |
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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Range |
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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 patrols |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- ^ 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 21 July 2016.
- ^ 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
[edit]- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.