Seehund
Also known as Type XXVII, U-boot type XXVII B, German Type XXVII submarine, German Seehund-class submarine
Seehund (German: "seal"), also known as Type XXVII, was a midget submarine built by Nazi Germany during World War II. Designed in 1944 and operated by two-man crews, it was used by the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during the closing months of the war, sinking nine merchant vessels and damaging an additional three, while losing 35 boats, mostly attributed to bad weather. The French Navy used four captured boats after the war until 1953.
Key facts
- Ship.display_title
- ital
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- Seehund, Wilhelmshaven, 2016 (01).jpg
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- A Seehund midget submarine, on display at the Deutsches Marinemuseum, Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Ship/class overview.name
- Seehund
- Ship/class overview.builders
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ship/class overview.built_range
- 1944–1945
- Ship/class overview.in_commission_range
- 1944–1953
- Ship/class overview.total_ships_planned
- 1,000
- Ship/class overview.total_ships_completed
- 285
- Ship/class overview.total_ships_active
- 138
- Ship/class overview.total_ships_lost
- 35
- Ship/characteristics.type
Article · Italiano
Seehund ("foca" in tedesco) era il nome di una classe di sommergibili tascabili della Kriegsmarine tedesca, anche nota come Tipo XXVIIB o Tipo 127. Derivati dai precedenti minisommergibili , i Seehund furono prodotti a partire dal 1944, troppo in ritardo per influenzare significativamente gli eventi della seconda guerra mondiale: dei pianificati 1.000 esemplari, solo 137 entrarono effettivamente in servizio. Considerata la miglior classe di sommergibili tascabili prodotta dalla Germania nella guerra, i Seehund videro diverse azioni lungo le coste tedesche del Mare del Nord e nel canale de La Manica, affondando però solo un numero ridotto di unità navali degli Alleati.
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