SM U 25
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 U 24 from the U 25 series |
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| Technical specifications | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Series: | U 23 - U 26 | |
| Builder: | Germania shipyard, Kiel | |
| Displacement: | 669 tons (above water) 864 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 64.70 m | |
| Width: | 6.32 m | |
| Draft: | 3.45 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.05 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 85-133 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 1800 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 16.7 knots (above water) 10.3 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 2 bow and 2 stern tubes, 6–10 torpedoes 1–2 × 8.8 cm deck gun (s) |
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| Crew: | 4 officers 31 men |
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| Successes: | 21 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | Delivered to France on February 23, 1919. Wrecked in Cherbourg 1921–1922. | |
SM U 25 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
history
U 25 was launched on July 12, 1913 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel from the stack and was put into service on 9 May 1914th The commissioning commander of the submarine was Otto Wünsche , who was in command until September 15, 1915. Then Alfred Saalwächter took over the command. From October 23 to December 29, 1917, Emil Heusinger von Waldegg was in command of the boat.
U 25 carried out three war missions in which 21 merchant ships from the Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 14,126 GRT were sunk.
Whereabouts
After the end of the war, U 25 was extradited to France on February 23, 1919 and broken up in Cherbourg in 1921/22 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Short biography of Emil Heusinger von Waldegg (in English). In: Axis Biographical Research. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 67.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 88.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
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