SMS V27
SMS "V27" was a of the Imperial German Navy that served during the First World War. The ship was built by AG Vulcan at Stettin in Prussia (now Szczecin in Poland), and was completed in September 1914. The ship was sunk at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Construction and design. In 1913, the Imperial German Navy placed orders for 12 high-seas torpedo boats, with six each ordered from AG Vulcan ("V25"–"V30") and Schichau-Werke ("S31"–"S36"). While the designs built by each shipyard were broadly similar, they differed from each other in detail, and were  significantly larger and more capable than the small torpedo boats built for the German Navy in the last two years. "V27" was launched from AG Vulcan's Stettin shipyard on 26 March 1914 and commissioned on 2 September 1914. The "V" in "V27" refers to the shipyard at which she was constructed. "V27" was long overall and at the waterline, with a beam of and a draft of . Displacement was normal and deep load. Three oil-fired water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 sets of AEG-Vulcan steam turbines rated at , giving a speed of . of fuel oil was  carried, giving a range of at . Armament consisted of three 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns in single mounts, together with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes with two fixed single tubes forward and 2 twin mounts aft. Up to 24 mines could be carried. The ship had a complement of 83 officers and men. Service. "V27" was deployed in the Baltic as part of the 17th Half-flotilla in October 1914, and took part in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915. "V27" participated in the Battle of Jutland as part of the 17th Half  Flotilla of the 9th Flotilla, in support of the German battlecruisers. The 9th Flotilla, including "V27", took part in a torpedo attack on British battlecruisers from about 17:26 CET (16:26 GMT). The attack was disrupted by British destroyers, and "V27" was immobilised by two 4 inch shell hits, one of which severed her main steam pipe. Her crew was taken off by which then scuttled "V27" with gunfire. Three of "V27"s crew were wounded.