Unterseeboot 25
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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. On 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.
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- U-boat.net. List of all U-Boats – U-25. Retrieved on July 31, 2006.
- Gordon Williamson. Wolf Pack: The Story of the U-Boat in World War II, Osprey Publishing Limited, 2005.
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