Name U-1025 Yard number 225 Commissioned 12 April 1945 Construction started 3 June 1943 Length 67 m Beam 6.2 m | Ordered 13 June 1942 Laid down 3 June 1943 Decommissioned 30 April 1945 Launched 24 May 1944 Draft 4.74 m Builder Blohm + Voss | |
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German submarine U-1025 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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She was ordered on 13 June 1942, and was laid down on 3 June 1943 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 225. She was launched on 24 May 1944 and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Ewald Pick on 12 April 1945.
Design
German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier Type VIIC submarines. U-1025 had a displacement of 769 tonnes (757 long tons) when at the surface and 871 tonnes (857 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in), an overall beam of 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in). The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph). When submerged, the boat could operate for 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-1025 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA or TMB Naval mines, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and fifty-two.
Service history
On 30 September 1944, U-1025 was transferred to Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg to be finished. She was commissioned in April 1945 but was taken out of service only 18 days later, on 30 April, because of defective batteries. She was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord on 5 May 1945 as part of Operation Regenbogen. Her wreck was raised and broken up later.