12th April 1925
Hu Jingyi (32), Chinese general, warlord and military governor of Henan (1924–25) during the Warlord Era of China, dies suddenly while visiting the Soviet Union.
Ship Losses:
Folden I (Norway) The cargo ship collided with
Volos ( Germany) and sank in the English Channel at a position between the Royal Sovereign Lightvessel ( United Kingdom) and Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by
Volos.