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SM U-27 19th August 1915   SM U-27 Type U 27 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 17) Ordered 19 Feb 1912 Launched 14 Jul 1913 Commissioned 8 May 1914. Commanders. 8 May 1914 - 19 Aug 1915 Bernd Wegener Career 3 patrols. 1 Aug 1914 - 19 Aug 1915 IV Flotilla Successes 10 ships sunk with a total of 31,120 tons. 2 warships sunk with a total of 6,325 tons. 18 Oct 1914 U 27 Bernd Wegener E 3 (hms) 725 br 31 Oct 1914 U 27 Bernd Wegener Hermes (hms) 5,600 br 11 Mar 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Bayano 5,948 br 13 Mar 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Hartdale 3,839 br 18 May 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Drumcree 4,052 br 19 May 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Dumfries 4,121 br 21 May 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Glenholm 1,968 br 18 Aug 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Ben Vrackie 3,908 br 18 Aug 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Gladiator 3,359 br 18 Aug 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Magda 1,063 nw 18 Aug 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Sverresborg 1,144 nw 19 Aug 1915 U 27 Bernd Wegener Pena Castillo 1,718 sp Fate 19 Aug 1915 - Sunk by gunfire from Q-Ship Baralong in Western Approaches 5043N 0722W. 37 dead (all hands lost). On 18 October, 1914 the British U-boat E3 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by the German U-boat U 27. This was the first decisive fight between U-boats in the First World War. This boat was sunk by the Q-Ship HMS Baralong (Lieutenant Godfrey Herbert RN). Herbert ordered that all German survivors, among them the commander of SM U 27, should be executed on the spot. Although the British Admiralty tried to keep this event a secret, news spread to Germany and the infamous "Baralong incident" - a war crime which was never prosecuted - had its share in promoting cruelty at sea. There was another U 27 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 24 Jun 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 12 Aug 1936. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-27? There are:3 items tagged SM U-27 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-27 during the Great War 1914-1918.