Monday, 17 March 2025

Characteristics of German submarines U 25 and U-26 as reported to the British Admiralty on 23 October 1935

An item reported that the German Marineattaché captain Erwin Wassner at London informed the British Admiralty conform the Anglo-German Naval Agreement dated 18 June 1935 that the submarines U 25 and U26 laid down in July 1935 were completed May/June 1936. Standard displacement (article 6 of Treaty) 712 tons/723 metric tons and as dimensions 71.0 (waterline) x 6.2 (extreme beam at or below waterline) x 6.2 (average draught at standard displacement) metres. Heaviest calibre 10.5cm.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché at London. RM 12-II/119. 

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