SM UB-27

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-27.
SM UB 45.jpg
SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-27
History
German Empire
Name: UB-27
Ordered: 30 April 1915[1]
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen[1]
Cost: 1,291,000 German Papiermark
Yard number: 241[1]
Launched: 10 February 1916[1]
Commissioned: 23 February 1916
Fate: sunk by British warship on 29 July 1917
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: German Type UB II submarine
Displacement:
  • 265 t (261 long tons) surfaced
  • 291 t (286 long tons) submerged
Length:
Beam:
  • 4.36 m (14 ft 4 in) o/a
  • 3.85 m (13 ft) pressure hull
Draught: 3.66 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 8.9 knots (16.5 km/h; 10.2 mph) surfaced
  • 5.72 knots (10.59 km/h; 6.58 mph) submerged
Range:
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  • 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Complement: 2 officers, 21 men
Armament:
Notes: 30-second diving time
Service record
Part of:
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Victor Dieckmann[3]
  • 23 February – 31 October 1916
  • Oblt.z.S. Hans Georg Lübbe[4]
  • 1 November 1916 – 23 April 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Freiherr Heinz von Stein zu Lausnitz[5]
  • 24 April – 29 July 1917
Operations: 17 patrols
Victories:
  • 11 merchant ships sunk (18,091 GRT)
  • 3 merchant ships damaged (3,240 GRT)
  • 1 merchant ship captured as a prize (1,019 GRT)

SM UB-27 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 30 April 1915 and launched on 10 February 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 23 February 1916 as SM UB-27.[Note 1] UB-27 sank 11 ships in 17 patrols for a total of 18,091 gross register tons (GRT).[6]

Design

A German Type UB II submarine, UB-27 had a displacement of 265 tonnes (261 long tons) when at the surface and 291 tonnes (286 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 36.13 m (118 ft 6 in), a beam of 4.36 m (14 ft 4 in), and a draught of 3.66 m (12 ft 0 in). The submarine was powered by two Benz six-cylinder diesel engines producing a total 270 metric horsepower (270 shp; 200 kW), two Siemens-Schuckert electric motors producing 280 metric horsepower (210 kW; 280 shp), and one propeller shaft. She was capable of operating at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft).[2]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 8.90 knots (16.48 km/h; 10.24 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 5.72 knots (10.59 km/h; 6.58 mph). When submerged, she could operate for 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 7,200 nautical miles (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph). UB-26 was fitted with two 50 centimetres (20 in) torpedo tubes, four torpedoes, and one 5 centimetres (2.0 in) SK L/40 deck gun. She had a complement of twenty-one crew members and two officers and a thirty-second dive time.[2]

Service history

On 29 April 1916 in the North Sea about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) south-east of Souter Point near Whitburn, County Durham, UB-27 opened with her deck gun fire at SS Wandle, an 889 GRT "flat-iron" collier of the Wandsworth, Wimbledon and Epsom District Gas Company.[7] The collier engaged the submarine and survived.[7] Afterwards in Britain it was believed Wandle had sunk UB-27 and the master, G.E.A. Mastin, and his crew were celebrated.[8][9]

UB-27 disappeared after 22 July 1917. HMS Halcyon reported ramming and depth charging a U-boat on 29 July 1917. A postwar German study concluded that it was possible that Halcyon sank UB-27 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..

Summary of raiding history

Date Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 2] Fate[10]
28 April 1916 Blessing  United Kingdom 19 Sunk
28 April 1916 Christian  Denmark 227 Damaged
29 April 1916 Teal  United Kingdom 766 Sunk
29 April 1916 Wandle  United Kingdom 889 Damaged
30 April 1916 Mod  Norway 664 Sunk
1 May 1916 Rio Branco  Brazil 2,258 Sunk
2 May 1916 Mars  Norway 581 Sunk
2 May 1916 Memento  Norway 654 Sunk
2 May 1916 Superb  Norway 770 Sunk
25 August 1916 Duke of Albany  Royal Navy 1,997 Sunk
27 August 1916 Skjaereg  Norway 1,019 Captured as a prize
7 October 1916 Jupiter  United Kingdom 2,124 Damaged
8 October 1916 Magnus  United Kingdom 154 Sunk
12 March 1917 Thode Fagelund  Norway 4,352 Sunk
14 March 1917 Davanger  Norway 5,876 Sunk

Notes

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Bibliography

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rössler 1979, p. 54.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gröner 1991, pp. 23-25.
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  6. ↑ Bendert 2000, p. 195.
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