V-25

A series of six 985-ton destroyers was ordered by China from Germany in 1913. With the outbreak of World War I, the destroyers were requisitioned and assigned to the German fleet. V-25 was assigned to the Baltic Coastal Defense Division. In October 1914, she was transferred to the High Seas Fleet. On February 12, 1915, V-25 provided cover for the trawling operations off the coast of the North Sea. The ship never made it back home; she is presumed to have struck a British mine and sunk.