 All 28 members of "E3"s crew were lost.On 19 August 1915, "U-27" was sunk in the Western Approaches in position by gunfire from Q-Ship , which had been using a neutral American flag as a false flag.After the sinking of U-27, the surviving crew, including Bernd Wegener, were shot in the water and aboard the "SS Nicosian", aboard which several survivors had climbed.