Okręty podwodne typu 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

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Ship/image.image: Seehund, Wilhelmshaven, 2016 (01).jpg
Ship/image.image_caption: 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
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