WWI U-boats

UC 27

Type UC II
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 66)
Ordered 29 Aug 1915
Launched 28 Jun 1916
Commissioned 25 Jul 1916
Commanders
25 Jul 1916 - 7 Feb 1917 Oblt. Karl Vesper (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
8 Feb 1917 - 27 Nov 1917 Kptlt. Gerhard Schulz
28 Nov 1917 - 14 Jan 1918 Kptlt. Wilhelm Canaris
15 Jan 1918 - 29 Nov 1918 Oblt. Otto Gerke
Career 14 patrols
15 Sep 1916 - 30 Apr 1917 Baltic Flotilla
30 Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla
Successes55 ships sunk with a total of 75,451 tons.
3 warships sunk with a total of 830 tons.
2 warships damaged with a total of 16,804 tons. (View ships hit by UC 27)
Fate 3 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Landerneau in July 1921.

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