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|fg=white|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''S.M.S. ''U 27''''' was one of 4 submarines of the [[U 27 Class Submarine (1913)|U 27 class]].
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|fg=white|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''S.M.S. ''U 27''''' was one of four [[U 27 Class Submarine (1913)|U 27 class submarines]] Germany built.
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==Service==
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On 18 October 1914, ''U 27'' discovered the British {{UK-E3|f=t}} patrolling off the Ems and stalked her unseen from the up-sun side close to 800 yards before firing.  ''E 3'' sank rapidly and ''U 27'' did not stop to pick up survivors.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 212}}  ''U 27'' became the first submarine to sink another submarine.
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On 31 October 1914, ''U 27'' sank the seaplane carrier {{UK-1Hermes}} in the [[Straits of Dover]]. 
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On 11 March 1915, she sank the {{UK-Bayano|f=t}} off Carswell Point, Stranraer &ndash; the third enemy warship she had claimed!
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutDE}}|name=Bernd Wegener|nick=Bernd Wegener|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>[http://uboat.net/wwi/men/commanders/391.html Uboat.net]</ref>|end=19 August, 1915<ref>[http://uboat.net/wwi/men/commanders/391.html Uboat.net]</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
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* [https://uboat.net/wwi/boats/?boat=27 uboat.net page on the boat]
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Latest revision as of 09:14, 29 October 2019

S.M.S. U 27 (1913)
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig[1]
Launched: 14 Jul, 1913[2]
Sunk: 19 Aug, 1915[3]
Fate: by Baralong
S.M.S. U 27 was one of four U 27 class submarines Germany built.

Service

On 18 October 1914, U 27 discovered the British submarine E 3 patrolling off the Ems and stalked her unseen from the up-sun side close to 800 yards before firing. E 3 sank rapidly and U 27 did not stop to pick up survivors.[4] U 27 became the first submarine to sink another submarine.

On 31 October 1914, U 27 sank the seaplane carrier Hermes in the Straits of Dover.

On 11 March 1915, she sank the commissioned escort ship Bayano off Carswell Point, Stranraer – the third enemy warship she had claimed!

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 176.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 176.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 176.
  4. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 212.
  5. ↑ Uboat.net
  6. ↑ Uboat.net

Bibliography


U 27 Class Submarine
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