HMS E27

HMS E27
Career
Name:	HMS E27
Builder:	Yarrow, Scotstoun
Laid down:	9 June 1917
Commissioned:	August 1917
Fate:	Sold, 6 September 1922
General characteristics
Class & type:	E class submarine
Displacement:	662 long tons (673 t) surfaced 807 long tons (820 t) submerged
Length:	181 ft (55 m)
Beam:	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) diesel 2 × 840 hp (626 kW) electric 2 screws
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 65 nmi (120 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced
Complement:	30
Armament:	• 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) • 1 × 12-pounder gun

HMS E27 was a British E class submarine built by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun. She was laid down on 9 June 1917 and was commissioned in August 1917.

HMS E27 was sold in Newport on 6 September 1922.

References

• Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.