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SM U-25 1st September 1914   SM U-25 Type U 23 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 179) Ordered 18 Mar 1911 Laid down 7 May 1912 Launched 12 Jul 1913 Commissioned 9 May 1914. Commanders. 9 May 1914 - 15 Sep 1915 Otto Wünsche Career 3 patrols. start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 training Flotilla 1 Aug 1914 - end date unknown IV Flotilla Successes 21 ships sunk with a total of 14,145 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 163 tons. 7 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Glittertind 717 nw 7 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Nottingham 165 br 7 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Pentland 204 br 7 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Saturn 183 br 7 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Velocity 186 br 9 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Cardiff 163 br 9 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Castor 182 br 9 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche J. Leyman 197 br 9 Jun 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Tunisian 211 br 4 Jul 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Sunbeam 132 br 8 Jul 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Anna 2,000 ru 8 Jul 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Guido 2,093 br 9 Jul 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Nordaas 1,111 nw 11 Jul 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Hainton 156 br 11 Jul 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Syrian 176 br 11 Jul 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Fleetwood (damaged) 163 br 6 Aug 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Maj 920 sw 7 Aug 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Norman 1,060 nw 10 Aug 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Aura 396 nw 14 Aug 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Albis 1,381 nw 17 Aug 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Mineral 649 nw 19 Aug 1915 U 25 Otto Wünsche Bras 1,863 nw Fate 23 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921-2. There was another U 25 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 14 Feb 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 6 Apr 1936. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-25? There are:1 items tagged SM U-25 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-25 during the Great War 1914-1918.