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{{Short description|German World War II submarine}}
{{more footnotes|date=September 2013}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=File:Bouw van de O 25 (1939-1940) bij de NV Dok en Werf Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord. De O 25 glijdt van de helling (2158 015571).jpg
|Ship image=
|image size=250
|Ship caption=''U-D3''
|Ship caption=Launch of ''O 25'' in May 1940
}}
{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=Netherlands
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nazi Germany|navalNetherlands}}
|Ship name=HNLMS ''U-D3O 25''
|Ship namesake=
|Ship ordered=28 June 1938
|Ship awarded=
|Ship builder=''Wilton-Fijenoord'', [[Rotterdam]]
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|Ship laid down=10 April 1939
|Ship launched=1 May 1940
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|Ship completed=
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|Ship commissioned=
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship refit=
|Ship struck=
|Ship homeport=
|Ship identification=
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=
|Ship fate=Incomplete, scuttled, later raised by German
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=
}}
{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=[[Nazi Germany]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nazi Germany|naval}}
|Ship name=''UD-3''
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|Ship ordered=
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|Ship fate= Scuttled on 3 May 1945
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/classes/class_o21.htm |title=Dutch Submarines: The O 21 submarine class |first= |last= |work=dutchsubmarines.com |year=2012 |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2013}}</ref>
|Ship class= {{Sclass-sclass|O 21|submarine}}
|Ship type=
|Ship displacement=*990&nbsp;tons surfaced <br />
* 1205&nbsp;tons submerged
|Ship length= {{convert|77.770|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|6.880|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|3.95|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=
|Ship propulsion=*2&nbsp; ×&nbsp; {{convert|2500|PS|bhp kW|0|abbr=on}} [[diesel engine]]s <br />
* 2&nbsp; ×&nbsp; {{convert|500|PS|bhp kW|0|abbr=on}} [[electric motor]]s
|Ship speed=*{{convert|19.5|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced<br />
* {{convert|9|kn|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship range=*{{convert|10000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}} surfaced <br />
* {{convert|28|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|8.5|kn|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship test depth=
|Ship complement=39
|Ship armament=*4&nbsp; ×&nbsp; {{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} bow [[torpedo tube]]s <br />
* 2&nbsp; ×&nbsp; 21 in stern torpedo tubes <br />
* 2&nbsp; ×&nbsp; 21 in (1×2) external-traversing TT amidships
|Ship notes=
}}
{{Infobox service record
|is_ship=yes
|label=Service record as ''UD-3''<ref name="uboatnet">{{cite web
|url=http://uboat.net/boats/foreign_ud3.htm
|title= Foreign U-boats UD-3
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
|access-date=30 April 2015
}}</ref>
|partof=
*[[3rd U-boat Flotilla]]
*June – July 1941
*[[5th U-boat Flotilla]]
*July – August 1941
*[[2nd U-boat Flotilla]]
*August 1941 – September 1942
*[[10th U-boat Flotilla]]
*October 1942 – February 1943
*[[U-boat Defense School]]
*March 1943 – October 1944
|codes=M 38 047
|commanders=
*''[[K.Kapt.]] / [[F.Kapt.]]'' Hermann Rigele<ref name="Rigele">{{cite web
|url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/1009.html
|title=Hermann Rigele
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=Uboat.net
|access-date=30 April 2016
}}</ref>
*8 June 1941 – 23 October 1943
*''[[Oblt.z.S.]]'' Joachim Seeger<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/1181.html
|title=Joachim Seeger
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=Uboat.net
|access-date=30 April 2016
}}</ref>
*24 October 1943 – 13 October 1944
|operations=3 patrols
|victories=
*1 merchant ship sunk <br/>({{GRT|5,041}})
}}
|}
 
'''''U-D3''''' was a {{sclass|O 21|submarine}}. The boat was laid down as the Dutch submarine '''''K XXV''''' and renamed '''''O 25''''' but was captured during the [[Battle of the Netherlands|German invasion]] of the Netherlands in [[World War II]] and commissioned in the [[Kriegsmarine]].
'''''UD-3''''' was an {{sclass|O 21|submarine}}. The boat was [[Keel laying|laid down]] as the Dutch submarine '''HNLMS ''K XXV''''' and renamed '''HNLMS ''O 25''''' but was captured during the [[German invasion of the Netherlands|German invasion]] of the Netherlands in [[World War II]] and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] in the ''[[Kriegsmarine]]''.
 
==Ship history==
[[File:Bouw van de O 25 (1939-1940) bij de NV Dok en Werf Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord (2158 015561).jpg|thumb|left|200px|''O 25'' under construction in March 1940]]
The submarine was ordered on 28 June 1938 and laid down on 10 April 1939 as ''K XXV'' at the ''[[Wilton-Fijenoord]]'', [[Rotterdam]]. During construction she was renamed ''O 25'', and was finally launched on 1 May 1940. Following the [[Battle of the Netherlands|German invasion]] of 10 May 1940, the ''O 25'' scuttled in the [[Nieuwe Waterweg]] near Rotterdam because there was no tugboat available to tow her to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="dutchsubmarines">{{cite web |url= http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o25.htm |title=Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 25 |first= |last= |work=dutchsubmarines.com |year=2012 |accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref>
The submarine was ordered on 28 June 1938 and [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 10 April 1939 as ''K XXV'' at the ''[[Wilton-Fijenoord]]'', [[Rotterdam]]. During construction she was renamed ''O 25'', and was finally launched on 1 May 1940. Following the [[Battle of the Netherlands|German invasion]] of 10 May 1940, ''O 25'' was scuttled in the [[Nieuwe Waterweg]] near Rotterdam because there was no tugboat available to tow her to the United Kingdom.<ref name="dutchsubmarines">{{cite web |url= http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o25.htm |title=Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 25 |work=dutchsubmarines.com |year=2012 |access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref>
 
The boat was raised by the Germans and it was decided to repair and complete her. She served in the ''Kriegsmarine'' as the ''UUD-D33'' and was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 8 June 1941.<ref name="dutchsubmarines"/>
 
From June to July 1941 ''UUD-D33'' served as a trial boat in [[Kiel]] while attached to the [[3rd U-boat Flotilla|3rd Flotilla]]. In June she was transferred to the [[5th U-boat Flotilla|5th Flotilla]] also in Kiel where she was used as a school boat. She remained there until August that year. From August 1941 until September 1942 the boat was stationed at [[Lorient]] in occupied France and attached to the [[2nd U-boat Flotilla|2nd Flotilla]]. In October 1942 she iswas transferred to [[10th U-boat Flotilla|10th Flotilla]] also in Lorient where she served until February 1943.<ref name="dutchsubmarines"/>
 
When patrolling off the west coast of Africa ''UUD-D33'' spotsspotted and sinkssank the 5041BRT{{GRT|5,041}} Norwegian freighter ''Indra'' on 26 November 1942.<ref name="dutchsubmarines"/>
 
In March 1943 the boat iswas transferred to [[Bergen]] in [[German occupation of Norway|occupied Norway]] and attached to the ''U-boot Abwehr Schule'' to be used as school boat until October 1944.<ref name="dutchsubmarines"/>
On 13 October 1944, ''UUD-D33'' was decommissioned after being damaged in an air raid on Kiel. On 3 May 1945 the boat was scuttled.<ref name="dutchsubmarines"/>
 
==Summary of raiding history==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Ship Name
! Nationality
! Tonnage <br/>([[Gross register tonnage|GRT]])
! Fate<ref name="Rigele"/>
|-
|-
|align="right"|26 November 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in November 1942#26 November|''Indra'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Norway|civil}}
|align="right"|5,041
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|}
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-1-55750-186-8 }}
*{{cite book
|last1=Gröner
|first1=Erich
|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
|translator-first1=Keith
|translator-last2=Magowan
|translator-first2=Rachel
|year=1991
|title=German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
|volume=2
|location=London
|publisher=Conway Maritime Press
|isbn=978-0-85177-593-7
|ref=CITEREFGröner1991
}}
 
{{O 21 class submarine}}
{{Foreign U-boats |state=collapsed}}
{{May 1940 shipwrecks}}
{{May 1945 shipwrecks}}
 
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Italic title prefixed|16}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:UUD-D33}}
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[[Category:Ships built in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:World War II submarines of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:U-boats scuttled in 1945]]
[[Category:World War II submarines of Germany]]
[[Category:O 21-class submarines]]
[[Category:Naval ships of the Netherlands captured by Germany during World War II]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in May 1940]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in May 1945]]
[[Category:Operation Regenbogen (U-boat)]]
[[Category:Submarines built by Wilton-Fijenoord]]
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