Patrol info for U-25
Date lookup for 18 Jan 1940
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 13 Jan 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 19 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 38 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Kptlt. Viktor Schütze |
1WO Kptlt. Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat |
ObStrm Paul Sander |
Patrol in the North Atlantic off Portugal and Gibraltar.
U-25's position on 18 Jan 1940
Ships hit by U-25 on this date
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 1940 | U-25 | Viktor Schütze |  | Pajala | 6,873 |  | sw | A | |
| 6,873 | |||||||||
1 ship sunk (6,873 tons). Legend | |||||||||
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Attacks on U-25 during this patrol
18 Jan 1940
At 16.25 hrs, the boat torpedoed and sank Pajala near North Rona, Hebrides. Her escort, the armed boarding vessel HMS Northern Duke, forced U-25 to dive with gunfire at 17.26 hrs and followed up with depth charges. She claimed hits on the conning tower and the sinking of the enemy, but U-25 in fact escaped undamaged.
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