HMS C-27

Type:
Submarine
Class:
C Group 2 (Class Overview)
Builder:
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Pennant Number:
I-57
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
August 14, 1909
Keel Laid:
June 4, 1908
Decommissioned:

N/A

Launched:
April 22, 1909
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Scuttled Apr. 5, 1918 to avoid capture by Germans following the signing of the
Russian-German peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

Location: Gulf of Finland, 1.5 miles south of Grohara light, Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland.
Raised in Aug. 1953 and scrapped.




Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
July 20, 1915
U-23
Submarine
878
Germany
With Q-Ship
Princess Louise


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