Unterseeboot 27 (1936)
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| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-27 |
| Ordered: | April 1, 1935 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number: | 908 |
| Laid down: | November 11, 1935 |
| Launched: | June 24, 1936 |
| Commissioned: | August 12, 1936 |
| Fate: | Sunk September 20, 1939 west of Scotland. 0 dead 38 survivors. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | VIIA |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kriegsmarine 2. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Identification codes | M 08 129 |
| Commanders | Hans Ibbeken Johannes Franz Hans-Georg von Friedeburg |
| Operations | 1 patrols |
| Victories | 2 ships sunk for a total of 624 gross register tons (GRT) |
Unterseeboot 27, or more commonly U-27 was a German Type VIIA U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down November 11, 1935, by AG Weser of Bremen. She was commissioned August 12, 1936 with Korvettenkapitän Hans Ibbeken in command. Ibbeken was relieved on October 4, 1937, by Johannes Franz, who commanded the boat until June 6, 1939 when Hans-Georg von Friedeburg assumed command for barely one month. He was relieved on July 8, 1939 again by Johannes Franz, who commanded the boat until her loss.
U-27 conducted one war patrol, sinking two ships totalling 624 tons.
[edit] Fate
On September 20, 1939, she was sunk west of Lewis, Scotland by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Fortune and Forester. All 38 crewmen survived.
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