U 627
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| Type : | VII C |
| Shipyard: | Blohm & Voss , Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | August 15, 1940 |
| Build number: | 603 |
| Keel laying: | August 8, 1941 |
| Launch: | April 29, 1942 |
| Commissioning: | June 18, 1942 |
| Commanders: |
Captain Robert Kindelbacher |
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| Calls: | 1 patrol |
| Sinkings: |
no |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk south of Iceland on October 27, 1942 |
U 627 was a German type VII C submarine of the former German Navy .
history
The keel was laid on August 8, 1941. The launch took place on April 29, 1942. On June 18, 1942 U 627 was put into service. It initially belonged as a training boat to the 5th U-Flotilla and was then used as a front boat in the 6th U-Flotilla from October 1942 . The commandant was Lieutenant Captain Robert Kindelbacher. U 627 had the emblem of a mermaid looking at herself in the mirror.
Calls
U 627 completed only one mission as a front boat. It was sunk in an air raid on its first venture.
First patrol
On October 15, 1942, U 627 ran out of Kiel for its only mission. During this venture there was no enemy contact. On October 27, the boat was sighted south of Iceland by the crew of a British B-17 Flying Fortress and attacked with depth charges.
Downfall
U 627 was attacked with depth charges on October 27, 1942 by a British B-17 Flying Fortress belonging to the 206th Squadron of the Royal Air Force - belonging to the escort of convoy SC 105 . The Flying Fortress threw seven depth charges into the vortex that the submarine had left behind when it descended. After the detonations subsided, a large puddle of oil appeared. U 627 sank at position 59 ° 14 ′ N , 22 ° 49 ′ W south-southwest of Iceland. His entire crew went down with the boat.
See also
literature
- Eberhard Möller, Werner Brack: Encyclopedia of German U-Boats. From 1904 to the present. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02245-1 .
References and comments
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 , p. 79 and p. 375.
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , p. 132.
- ^ The commander of the bomber was Petty Officer RL Cowey.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing vor München 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 , p. 96.
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