Unterseeboot 9 (1910)
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| U-9 | |
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 U-9 ready for patrol. |
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| Country | German Empire |
| Branch | Kaiserliche Marine |
| Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig |
| Ordered | July 15, 1908 |
| Launched | February 22, 1910 |
| Commissioned | April 18, 1910 |
| Career | |
| Patrols | 7 |
| Flotillas | I Flottille |
| Commanders | Otto Weddigen Johannes Spiess |
| Successes | |
| 13 ships sunk for a total of 8.636 tons | |
| Fate | |
| Surrendered November 26, 1918. Broken up at Morecambe in 1919. | |
Unterseeboot 9 (also known as U-9) was a German U-boat built for the Kaiserliche Marine. Her construction was ordered on July 15, 1908 and her keel was laid down by Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig. She was launched on February 22, 1910 and she was commissioned on April 18, 1910.
[edit] Career
On 16 July 1914 the crew of U-9 reloaded her torpedo tubes while submerged, the first time any submarine had succeeded in doing so.
On 1 August 1914, Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen took command. On September 22, 1914, while patrolling in the region of the southern North Sea known to the British as the Broad Fourteens, U-9 found the Live Bait Squadron. She shot all six of her torpedoes, reloading while submerged, and in less than an hour sank the three British armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue, and HMS Cressy. Almost 1400 British sailors died. It was one of most notable submarine actions. Members of the Admiralty who had considered submarines to be mere toys no longer expressed that opinion after this event. On October 15 1914 she sunk another armoured cruiser, HMS Hawke.
On January 12, 1915, Johannes Spiess relieved Weddigen, and commanded U-9 until 19 April 1916.
In total, U-9 conducted seven patrols, sinking 13 merchant ships totalling 8636 tons as well as 5 warships totalling 44,173 tons.
[edit] Fate
U-9 was surrendered to the United Kingdom on 26 November 1918, and was broken up at Morecambe in 1919.
[edit] External links
- U-boat.net. List of all U-Boats – U-9. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
- Sinking of HMS Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue by U-9
See also: List of U-boats
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