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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 (2)	Launched (3)	Commissioned (2)
No U-boat orders on this date	1942: U-1161 1944: U-2539	1943: U-1003, U-1004 1944: U-3015	1943: U-479 U-1164
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
1939
	U-34	Rollmann	Bronte	5,317	br	OB-25
1942
	U-436	Seibicke	Frontenac (d)	7,350	nw	HX-212
	U-436	Seibicke	Gurney E. Newlin (d)	8,225	am	HX-212
	U-436	Seibicke	HMS LCT-2281	291	br	HX-212
	U-436	Seibicke	Sourabaya	10,107	br	HX-212
	U-509	Witte	Pacific Star	7,951	br	SL-125
	U-509	Witte	Stentor	6,148	br	SL-125
	U-604	Höltring	Anglo Mærsk	7,705	br	SL-125
				53,094
* 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

1944

U-1060. Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
Fairey Firefly Mk.I Z1978 (1771 Sqn FAA/4H, pilot SubLt Samuel A.W. Waters)

U-1060 was discovered by 4 Firefly aircraft of the British carrier HMS Impacable while under escort by the German minesweeper M-433 in the Vegafjord. Their attack badly damaged the escort while the U-boat managed to shot down on of the attackers (pilot was killed, the navigator taken prisoner). One hour later the vessels were attacked by 13 Barracuda aircraft (828 & 841 Sqn FAA), escorted by 3 Firefly, which sank the minesweeper and forced the U-boat to ground itself on the skerry Fleina.

U-boats lost

1942: U-627 +
1944: U-1060

56 men died when those 2 U-boats were lost on this date. 43 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

1942

U-67
One man died following an explosion during torpedo loading on U-67 [Matrosenobergefreiter Heinz Hartmann].

U-706
Three men were washed overboard: two died but the third was rescued by U-463. [Leutnant zur See Erich Eichmann, see right, Matrosenobergefreiter Ralf Köhler]

- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn (1919), Walter Süss (1908), Eberhard Zimmermann (1916).

The following men died on this day:
Herbert Brammer (1944), Robert Kindelbacher (1942).

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 October

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

U-boats entering base:
To Kiel, Germany: U-48 (23 days)

1941

Sailed:
From St. Nazaire, France: U-96

U-boats entering base:
To Salamis, Greece: U-97 (38 days)

1942

Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-564, U-653
From Kiel, Germany: U-185, U-263
From Konstanza, Rumania: U-24
From Narvik, Norway: U-377

U-boats entering base:
To La Pallice U-258 (57 days)

1943

Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-415
From Hammerfest, Norway: U-307, U-355
From Konstanza, Rumania: U-18
From Narvik, Norway: U-737
From Trondheim, Norway: U-636

U-boats entering base:
To Narvik, Norway: U-713 (50 days)
To Pola U-453 (7 days)

1944

Sailed:
From Danzig, Germany: U-479 (lost 32 days later)
From Flekkefjord: U-294
From Horten, Norway: U-806
From Kristiansand: U-1009

U-boats entering base:
To Stavanger, Norway: U-1004 (2 days)

U-boats at sea on 27 October

Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.

1939

U-13, U-21, U-24, U-25, U-26, U-31, U-34, U-37, U-46, U-53, U-56, U-57, U-58, U-59, U-61.
15 boats at sea.

1940

U-28, U-29, U-31 (+), U-32 (+), U-46, U-65, U-124.
7 boats at sea.

General Events on 27 October

1939

U-31 laid an unusually successful field of 18 mines in Loch Ewe, Scotland, later responsible for two ships sunk and one damaged.

1942

U-117 laid some mines off Iceland. No ships sunk or damaged..

The submerged U-339 collided with the German cruiser Nürnberg in the Baltic.

1943

U-354 put a meteorological unit ashore on Hope Island, south of Greenland.

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