U-25 in about 1936; the number on the conning tower was removed at the beginning of the war
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Name | U-25 |
Ordered | 17 December 1934 |
Builder | DeSchiMAG AG Weser Bremen |
Yard number | 903 |
Laid down | 28 June 1935 |
Launched | 14 February 1936 |
Commissioned | 6 April 1936 |
Fate | Sunk by a British mine around 2 August 1940, in the North Sea north of Terschelling[1] |
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Type | Type IA ocean-going submarine |
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Length | 72.39 m (237 ft 6 in) o/a |
Beam | 6.21 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a |
Draught | 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 200 m (660 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 39 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 10 950 |
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German submarine U-25 was one of two Type IA ocean-going submarines produced by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Constructed by DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen as yard number 903, U-25 was commissioned on 6 April 1936. It experienced a short, but successful combat career, sinking eight ships and damaging one.