SM U-27 (Germany)
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U-27 |
| Ordered | 19 February 1912 |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Yard number | 17 |
| Launched | 14 July 1913 |
| Commissioned | 8 May 1914 |
| Fate | Sunk 19 August 1915 in Western Approaches. 37 dead. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | German Type U 27 submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 64.70 m (212 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 3.48 m (11 ft 5 in) |
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| Test depth | 50 m (164 ft) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 31 enlisted |
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| Operations: | 3 patrols |
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SM U-27 was a German Type U-27 U-boat built for service in the Imperial German Navy. She was launched on 14 July 1913, and commissioned on 8 May 1914 with Kapitänleutnant Bernd Wegener in command.
On 18 October 1914, the British submarine HMS E3 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by U-27. This was the first action in which one submarine sank another. On 19 August 1915 it was itself sunk by the Q-Ship HMS Baralong, in an incident involving the alleged massacre of the submarine's crew.