Events on this day
27 April
This is a run-down from several databases on our site. It's meant to give a clear picture of events on this date, all year round.
U-boat Shipyard report
Ordered (0) | Laid down (3) | Launched (1) | Commissioned (1) |
No U-boat orders on this date | 1940: U-567, U-568 1943: U-806 | 1938: U-45 | 1940: U-102 |
These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages. |
Allied Ships hit on this date
U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Country | Convoy | ||
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1941 | |||||||
U-110 | Lemp | Henri Mory | 2,564 | br | |||
U-147 | Wetjen | Rimfakse | 1,334 | nw | |||
U-552 | Topp | Beacon Grange | 10,119 | br | |||
U-552 | Topp | Commander Horton | 227 | br | |||
1943 | |||||||
U-371 | Mehl | Merope | 1,162 | nl | |||
1945 | |||||||
U-1105 | Schwarz | HMS Redmill (K 554) total loss | 1,300 | br | |||
16,706 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII. |
Attacks on this day
1942
U-657. The boat was damaged in an air raid on the harbour at Trondheim, Norway. One of the crew was injured.
1943
U-155. While inbound to France the boat repelled a nighttime attack by an unidentified aircraft, reaching Lorient three days later. (Blair, vol 2, page 219)
U-103. 00.05 hrs, Bay of Biscay, outbound: Wellington bomber M for Mother from 172 Sqn RAF located U-103 on radar and made a Leigh Light attack, but the boat was warned by the radar detector, and dived in time to evade six depth charges which exploded harmlessly ahead of her. The Wellington circled the area and then approached a second radar contact which proved to be U-566, left unable to dive by an earlier air attack. The aircraft had no depth charges left and returned to base after an exchange of gunfire. (KTBs/ADM 199-1784)
U-boats lost
1943: U-174 +
1944: U-803
62 men died when those 2 U-boats were lost on this date. 35 men survived.
Survivors from U-boats almost always landed in allied captivity.
U-boats marked with + were lost with all hands.
- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.
U-boat Men Lost or Wounded
There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 27 April.
- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.
Personnel Information
The following men were born on this day:
Friedrich-August Greus (1921), Hermann Hoffmann (1921), Kai Lerchen (1911), Hans-Jürgen Reese (1918).
The following men died on this day:
Wolfgang Grandefeld (1943), Hartmuth Schimmelpfennig (1945).
See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.
U-boat departures and arrivals on 27 April
This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.
1940
Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: UA
From Trondheim, Norway: U-29
From Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-32
U-boats entering base:
To Kiel, Germany: U-60 (24 days)
To Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-38 (20 days)
1942
Sailed:
From La Spezia, Italy: U-375
U-boats entering base:
To St. Nazaire, France: U-552 (52 days)
1943
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-952
From Brest, France: U-439 (lost 8 days later), U-447 (lost 11 days later)
From Hammerfest, Norway: U-355
From Kiel, Germany: U-304 (lost 32 days later)
From Lorient, France: U-66
From St. Nazaire, France: U-445
U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-269 (4 days)
To Lorient, France: U-518 (107 days)
1944
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-425
From Kiel, Germany: U-344, U-534
From La Pallice: U-960 (lost 23 days later)
U-boats entering base:
To Kiel, Germany: U-1060 (18 days)
To Konstanza, Rumania: U-18 (34 days)
To Kristiansand U-995 (3 days)
1945
Sailed:
From Horten, Norway: U-320 (lost 12 days later)
From Kristiansand: U-1231
U-boats entering base:
To Horten, Norway: U-991 (8 days)
To Kristiansand U-287 (2 days)
To Stavanger, Norway: U-2326 (9 days)
U-boats at sea on 27 April
Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.
1940
U-13, U-14, U-17, U-23, U-24, U-25, U-29, U-30, U-34, U-52, U-57, U-58, U-59, U-61, U-65, UA.
16 boats at sea.
1941
U-38, U-52, U-65 (+), U-75, U-95, U-96, U-101, U-103, U-105, U-106, U-107, U-108, U-110 (+), U-123, U-124, U-143, U-147, U-201, U-552, U-553.
20 boats at sea.
1942
U-66, U-69, U-74 (+), U-83, U-84, U-86, U-96, U-97, U-98, U-103, U-106, U-107, U-108, U-109, U-116, U-123, U-125, U-126, U-128, U-130, U-135, U-136, U-154, U-155, U-156, U-159, U-160, U-162, U-172, U-201, U-203, U-213, U-333, U-352 (+), U-371, U-375, U-402, U-405, U-455, U-459, U-502 (+), U-505, U-506, U-507, U-553, U-558, U-561, U-562, U-564, U-565, U-566, U-571, U-572, U-573, U-575, U-576, U-582, U-588, U-593, U-594, U-653, U-654, U-703, U-751, U-752, U-753.
66 boats at sea.
1943
U-9, U-19, U-66, U-68, U-71, U-84, U-89 (+), U-92, U-97, U-103, U-105 (+), U-107, U-108, U-117, U-119 (+), U-123, U-125 (+), U-126 (+), U-128 (+), U-129, U-134, U-154, U-155, U-160, U-161, U-168, U-176 (+), U-177, U-178, U-180, U-181, U-182 (+), U-183, U-185, U-186 (+), U-188, U-192 (+), U-195, U-196, U-197 (+), U-198, U-209 (+), U-212, U-217 (+), U-218, U-223, U-226, U-227 (+), U-230, U-231, U-255, U-257, U-258 (+), U-260, U-262, U-264, U-266 (+), U-267, U-270, U-304 (+), U-306, U-332 (+), U-358, U-359, U-371, U-377, U-378, U-381 (+), U-383, U-386, U-402, U-403, U-404, U-406, U-407, U-410, U-413, U-415, U-418 (+), U-436 (+), U-437, U-438 (+), U-439 (+), U-445, U-447 (+), U-448, U-453, U-454, U-456 (+), U-459, U-460, U-461, U-466, U-467, U-468, U-487, U-504, U-506, U-509, U-514, U-515, U-516, U-525, U-528 (+), U-531 (+), U-532, U-533, U-552, U-561, U-565, U-566, U-569 (+), U-571, U-575, U-584, U-586, U-598, U-600, U-601, U-607, U-610, U-613, U-614, U-616, U-618, U-621, U-625, U-628, U-629, U-630 (+), U-631, U-634, U-638 (+), U-645, U-646, U-648, U-650, U-659 (+), U-662, U-703, U-706, U-707, U-709, U-711, U-732, U-752 (+), U-952, U-954 (+).
148 boats at sea.
1944
U-9, U-19, U-66 (+), U-92, U-129, U-154, U-155, U-170, U-178, U-181, U-188, U-190, U-196, U-198 (+), U-214, U-218, U-230, U-262, U-267, U-276, U-277 (+), U-278, U-289, U-307, U-313, U-315, U-348, U-354, U-371 (+), U-385, U-387, U-407, U-473 (+), U-505, U-518, U-537, U-541, U-543 (+), U-548, U-552, U-565, U-596, U-636, U-667, U-672, U-674 (+), U-703, U-711, U-731 (+), U-736, U-739, U-741, U-764, U-765 (+), U-802, U-843, U-852 (+), U-859 (+), U-860 (+), U-861, U-955 (+), U-959 (+), U-960 (+), U-967, U-969, U-1061, U-1222 (+).
67 boats at sea.
1945
U-190, U-218, U-234, U-244, U-245, U-249, U-278, U-286 (+), U-293, U-295, U-307 (+), U-312, U-313, U-320 (+), U-325 (+), U-326 (+), U-363, U-427, U-481, U-516, U-530, U-532, U-541, U-637, U-711, U-716, U-739, U-764, U-776, U-805, U-825, U-826, U-853 (+), U-857 (+), U-858, U-873, U-879 (+), U-881 (+), U-889, U-901, U-956, U-963, U-968, U-979 (+), U-997, U-1009, U-1010, U-1017 (+), U-1023, U-1057, U-1105, U-1107 (+), U-1109, U-1163, U-1165, U-1228, U-1231, U-1277 (+), U-1305, U-2322, U-2324.
61 boats at sea.
General Events on 27 April
1943
U-180 met I-29 in the Indian Ocean to transfer two Indian Nationalists to the Japanese submarine, one of whom was Subhas Chandra Bose.
1945
U-1231 sailed from Norway on her final patrol.
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