List of all U-boats
U-627
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 8 Aug 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 603) | ||||||||
| Launched | 29 Apr 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 18 Jun 1942 | Kptlt. Robert Kindelbacher | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Left Kiel, Germany on 15 Oct, 1942. Sunk 27 Oct, 1942 south of Iceland, in position 59.14N, 22.49W, by depth charges from a British Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 206/F). 44 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-627 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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