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I-27 submarine

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:45 pm

She was built by the Sasebo Navy Yard, Sasebo for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
05 July 1939 keel laid down as “submarine No 40”.
06-June 1940 launched and renumbered I-29.
Displacement 2,584 tons surfaced, 3,654 tons submerged, dim. 108.7 x 9.3 x 5.1m. (draught), length bpp. 102.4m.
Powered diesel electric by two diesels 12,400 hp and two electro motors, 2,000 hp., speed surfaced 23.5 knots, submerged 8 knots.
Range: surface by a speed of 16 knots, 14,000 mile.
Test depth 100 metre.
Armament 6 – 533 mm forward torpedo tube, carried 17 torpedoes. 1 – 140mm 50 calibre deck gun.
Carried 1 Yokosuka E14Y seaplane.
Crew 94.
01 November 1941 renumbered I-27.
24 February 1942 completed.
I-27 was a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. I-27 was commissioned at Sasebo, Japan on February 24, 1942.
Took part in the attack on Sydney in May 1942, at that time she carried a midget submarine which carried out the attack. The stamp shows her with the midget submarin.
On June 4, 1942, IRON CROWN while en-route Whyalla-Newcastle was torpedoed and sunk 44 miles SSW of Gabo Island by I-27. Thirty eight of her forty two crew were lost, with the survivors being picked up by SS MULBERA
On March 20, 1943 FORT MUMFORD was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean (
10°00′N 71°00′E10.000°N 71.000°E) by I-27. The sole survivor of this sinking made no comment as to the fate of the crew, although some publications suggest that they may have been killed by the crew of I-27. There is no evidence either way, but there is also no evidence of I-27 taking such action on other occasions.
On June 3, 1943 I-27 torpedoed and sank SS MONTAMAN in the Indian Ocean. Five of MONTANAN’s crew were killed and 58 were rescued.
On November 8, 1943 I-27 sank the Liberty ship SS SAMBRIDGE. The survivors made it safely to lifeboats and the ship's captain, Captain H. Scurr, was taken prisoner. A burst of machine-gun fire was heard by the survivors, but its reason is unknown as Scurr was eventually freed from Changi prison camp at the end of the war.
The submarine torpedoed and sank the Allied steamship SS KHEDIVE ISMAIL near the Maldives on February 12, 1944, killing 1,297 passengers and crew. After the attack, I-27 attempted to hide under the ISMAIL’s survivors who were floating in the water. Nevertheless, the British destroyers HMS PALADIN and PETARD located the submarine and destroyed it with depth charges, ramming, and torpedoes at
01°25′N 72°22′E1.417°N 72.367°E. Ninety-nine of I-27's crew were killed. One survivor was captured by the British.
More is given on: http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-27.htm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-27
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