High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! German submarine U-625 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 28 July 1941 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg, launched on 15 April 1942, and commissioned on 4 June 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans Benker.