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| U-825 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 19 192 |
| Construction Yard | F.Schichau GmbH, Danzig |
| Yard Number | 1588 |
| Ordered | 8th Jun 1942 |
| Keel laid | 19th Jul 1943 |
| Launched | 16th Feb 1944 |
| Commissioned | 4th May 1944 |
| Baubelehrung | 7.KLA, Danzig | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 05.44 - 11.44 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 12.44 - 05.45 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 05.44 - 05.45 | OL Gerhard Stoelker |
| Operations information for U-825 | 13.12.1944 - 16.12.1944
First Sailing
U-825 left Kiel under the command of Gerhard Stoelker on 13th Dec 1944 and arrived at return on 16th Dec 1944 after three days.
| 27.12.1944 - 28.12.1944
Second Sailing
On the 27th Dec 1944, U-825 left Horten under the command of Gerhard Stoelker and after one day arrived at return on 28th Dec 1944.
| 29.12.1944 - 18.02.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-825 departed under Gerhard Stoelker from Kristiansand on 29th Dec 1944 and arrived at return on 18th Feb 1945 after over seven weeks.
Gerhard Stoelker hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy HX-332.-
On 27th Jan 1945 he damaged the American 7,198 ton Ruben Dario, sailing with convoy HX-332.
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On 27th Jan 1945 he fatally damaged the Norwegian 8,262 ton Solør, a member of convoy HX-332.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Solør.
| 01.04.1945 - 10.05.1945
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-825 left Bergen under the command of Gerhard Stoelker on 1st Apr 1945 and after five and a half weeks arrived at return on 10th May 1945.
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