Editing Baralong incidents (section)

===German reaction===
A debate took place in the [[Reichstag building|''Reichstag'']] on 15 January 1916, where the incident was described as a "cowardly murder" and Grey's note as being "full of insolence and arrogance". It was announced that reprisals had been decided, but not what they would be.<ref name=reg/>

Meanwhile, the Military Bureau for the Investigation of Violations of the Laws of War ({{langx|de|Militäruntersuchungstelle für Verletzungen des Kriegsrechts}}) added ''Baralong''{{'}}s [[commanding officer]], whose name was known only as "Captain William McBride", to the Prussian Ministry of War's "Black List of Englishmen who are Guilty of Violations of the Laws of War vis-à-vis Members of the German Armed Forces".<ref>Alfred M. de Zayas, ''The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau 1939–1945'', p 8.</ref>

A German medal was issued commemorating the event.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collections.nmm.ac.uk/collections/objects/39815.html |title=Medal commemorating the sinking of 'U.27' by Q-ship 'Baralong', 1915 |work=The Collection |publisher=National Maritime Museum |access-date=10 December 2011 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707151843/http://collections.nmm.ac.uk/collections/objects/39815.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

As a precaution to protect the ships against any reprisals against their crews, in October 1915 HMS ''Baralong'' was renamed HMS ''Wyandra''<ref name=Tyne>{{cite web |url= http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/B-Ships/baralong1901.html |title= Baralong |work= Tyne Built Ships |publisher= Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date= 8 January 2022 |archive-date= 4 April 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230404141059/http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/B-Ships/baralong1901.html |url-status= live }}</ref> and transferred to the Mediterranean. ''Baralong''{{'}}s name was deleted from [[Lloyd's Register]]. In 1916 ''Wyandra'' returned to the Ellerman & Bucknall Line under the name ''Manica''.  ''Nicosian'' was renamed ''Nevisian'', and the crew was issued new Discharge Books, with the voyage omitted.{{cn|date=November 2024}}<!-- Bridgland might mention this, but I don't have that -->

''Baralong''{{'}}s crew were later awarded [[Pound sterling|£]]185 prize bounty for sinking ''U-27''.<ref name=chatterton>Chatterton 1980, p. 26.</ref>