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''I-27'' was a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. ''I-27'' was commissioned at Sasebo, Japan on February 24, 1942. ==Service history== On June 4, 1942, while en route Whyalla-Newcastle was torpedoed and sunk 44 miles SSW of Gabo Island by ''I-27''. Thirty eight of her forty two crew were lost, with the survivors being picked up by SS ''Mulbera''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Broken Hill Proprietary )〕 On March 20, 1943, was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean () by ''I-27''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fort Ships K-S )〕 The sole survivor of this sinking made no comment as to the fate of the crew, although some publications suggest that they may have been killed by the crew of ''I-27''.〔Quiet Heroes: British Merchant Seamen at War, 1939-1945, Bernard Edwards, Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 1783036788, 9781783036783〕 There is no evidence either way, but there is also no evidence of ''I-27'' taking such action on other occasions. On June 3, 1943, ''I-27'' torpedoed and sank SS ''Montanan'' in the Indian Ocean.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.historycentral.com/navy/patrol/santapaula.html )〕 Five of ''Montanan''s crew were killed and 58 were rescued. On November 8, 1943, ''I-27'' sank the Liberty ship SS ''Sambridge''. The survivors made it safely to lifeboats and the ship's captain, Captain H. Scurr, was taken prisoner. A burst of machine-gun fire was heard by the survivors, but its reason is unknown as Scurr was eventually freed from Changi prison camp at the end of the war.〔Shipping Company Losses of the Second World War, Ian M Malcolm, The History Press, 2013, ISBN 0750953713, 9780750953719〕 The submarine torpedoed and sank the Allied steamship near the Maldives on February 12, 1944, killing 1,297 passengers and crew. After the attack, ''I-27'' attempted to hide under ''Khedive Ismail''s survivors who were floating in the water. Nevertheless, the British destroyers and located the submarine and destroyed it with depth charges, ramming, and torpedoes at . Ninety-nine of ''I-27''s crew were killed. One survivor was captured by the British. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Japanese submarine I-27」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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