SM UC-27
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-27.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-27 |
| Ordered: | 29 August 1915[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 66[1] |
| Launched: | 28 June 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1916[1] |
| Fate: | surrendered, February 1919; broken up, July 1921[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: | 400 t (440 short tons), surfaced[2] 480 t (530 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 162 ft 3 in (49.45 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 2 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 500 bhp (370 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 460 shp (340 kW)[3] |
| Speed: | 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h), surfaced[2] 6.6 knots (12.2 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 9,260 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (17,150 km at 13 km/h) 53 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3] (98 km at 7.4 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 26[3] |
| Armament: | 6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 18 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) KL/30 deck gun[2] |
| Notes: | 48-second diving time[2] |
| Service record[4] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Baltic Flotilla 15 Sep 1916 - 30 Apr 1917 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla 30 Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt Karl Vesper 25 Jul 1916 - 7 Feb 1917 Kptlt Gerhard Schulz 8 Feb 1917 - 27 Nov 1917 Kptlt Wilhelm Canaris 28 Nov 1917 - 14 Jan 1918 Oblt Otto Gerke 15 Jan 1918 - 29 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 14 patrols |
| Victories: |
55 merchant ships sunk (75,470 GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (15,544 GRT) 3 warships sunk (830 tons) 1 warship damaged (1,260 tons) |
SM UC-27 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 29 August 1915 and was launched on 28 June 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 July 1916 as SM UC-27.[Note 1] In 14 patrols UC-27 was credited with sinking 57 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid.
S/s Skifted left from Mariehamn at 8:30 o'clock 14 December 1916, carrying 56 military persons, 7 workers, 15 members of the crew and 13 civilians, a total of 91 persons. One hour later it was hit by the sea mines laid by the UC-27 and sank soon near Ledsun on the territory of the Lemland municipality of Åland. 86 persons died.[5]
UC-27 was surrendered to France on 3 February 1919 and was broken up at Landerneau in July 1921.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 1916 | Kazanetz |  Imperial Russian Navy |
580 | Sunk |
| 7 November 1916 | Letun | Imperial Russian Navy |
1,260 | Damaged |
| 19 November 1916 | Rurik | Imperial Russian Navy |
15,544 | Damaged |
| 22 November 1916 | Fugas | Imperial Russian Navy |
150 | Sunk |
| 18 December 1916 | Buki | Imperial Russian Navy |
4,499 | Sunk |
| 21 December 1916 | Skiftet |  Russian Empire |
336 | Sunk |
| 6 April 1917 | Narberth Castle |  United Kingdom |
168 | Sunk |
| 6 April 1917 | Nestor | United Kingdom |
176 | Sunk |
| 12 April 1917 | Ernst Sophie | Russian Empire |
222 | Sunk |
| 13 April 1917 | Kariba | United Kingdom |
3,697 | Sunk |
| 15 April 1917 | Gretaston | United Kingdom |
3,395 | Sunk |
| 18 April 1917 | Thomas | United Kingdom |
132 | Sunk |
| 26 April 1917 | Augusta | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
686 | Sunk |
| 26 April 1917 | Gennarino | Kingdom of Italy |
248 | Sunk |
| 16 June 1917 | Emsli |  Tunisia |
31 | Sunk |
| 16 June 1917 | Kamouma | Tunisia |
18 | Sunk |
| 16 June 1917 | Kibira | Tunisia |
8 | Sunk |
| 16 June 1917 | Liberte | Tunisia |
12 | Sunk |
| 16 June 1917 | Metlaoni | Tunisia |
30 | Sunk |
| 17 June 1917 | Argentina | Kingdom of Italy |
41 | Sunk |
| 17 June 1917 | Bell Angelina | Kingdom of Italy |
14 | Sunk |
| 17 June 1917 | Giuseppe S. | Kingdom of Italy |
20 | Sunk |
| 17 June 1917 | Luigina | Kingdom of Italy |
19 | Sunk |
| 17 June 1917 | San Antonio V | Kingdom of Italy |
23 | Sunk |
| 18 June 1917 | Bettina | Kingdom of Italy |
140 | Sunk |
| 18 June 1917 | Bianca B. | Kingdom of Italy |
329 | Sunk |
| 18 June 1917 | Letizia C. | Kingdom of Italy |
136 | Sunk |
| 18 June 1917 | Marietta B. | Kingdom of Italy |
52 | Sunk |
| 18 June 1917 | Paolina Aida | Kingdom of Italy |
250 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Amalia | Kingdom of Italy |
22 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Antonio Balbi | Kingdom of Italy |
25 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Domenica Madre | Kingdom of Italy |
51 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | La Michelina | Kingdom of Italy |
34 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Mistica Rosa | Kingdom of Italy |
31 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Raffaelo | Kingdom of Italy |
24 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Rosinella | Kingdom of Italy |
27 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | S. Vincenzo Ferrari P. | Kingdom of Italy |
52 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | San Antonio | Kingdom of Italy |
28 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | San Giovanni Battista | Kingdom of Italy |
32 | Sunk |
| 20 June 1917 | Ruperra | United Kingdom |
4,232 | Sunk |
| 23 June 1917 | Jules |  France |
49 | Sunk |
| 26 July 1917 | Mooltan | United Kingdom |
9,621 | Sunk |
| 6 August 1917 | El Kaddra Nr. 53 | Tunisia |
20 | Sunk |
| 7 August 1917 | Esemplare | Kingdom of Italy |
999 | Sunk |
| 12 September 1917 | Gibraltar | United Kingdom |
3,803 | Sunk |
| 16 September 1917 | Annina Capano | Kingdom of Italy |
250 | Sunk |
| 17 September 1917 | Eugenio D. | Kingdom of Italy |
99 | Sunk |
| 17 September 1917 | Muccio | Kingdom of Italy |
137 | Sunk |
| 23 September 1917 | Joaquina |  Spain |
69 | Sunk |
| 23 September 1917 | Medie | France |
4,770 | Sunk |
| 26 February 1918 | Maltby | United Kingdom |
3,977 | Sunk |
| 27 February 1918 | Machaon | United Kingdom |
6,738 | Sunk |
| 28 February 1918 | Savoyarde | France |
50 | Sunk |
| 4 March 1918 | Clan Macpherson | United Kingdom |
4,779 | Sunk |
| 8 March 1918 | Ayr | United Kingdom |
3,050 | Sunk |
| 1 May 1918 | Matiana | United Kingdom |
5,313 | Sunk |
| 13 August 1918 | La Chaussade | France |
4,494 | Sunk |
| 23 August 1918 | Australian Transport | United Kingdom |
4,784 | Sunk |
| 25 August 1918 | Willingtonia | United Kingdom |
3,228 | Sunk |
| 22 January 1919 | Torpilleur 325 |  French Navy |
100 | Sunk |
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-27". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tarrant, p. 173.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner, p. 182.
- ↑ "The Type UC II boat SM UC-27 - German U-boats of WWI - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ laiva
- ↑ "SM UC-27 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
Bibliography
- Bendert, Harald (2001). Die UC-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine 1914-1918. Minenkrieg mit U-Booten (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0758-7.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. OCLC 12119866.
- Tarrant, V. E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7. OCLC 20338385.
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