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U-9 SM submarine 1910

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:54 pm

Built as a submarine under yard No 4 by Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig for the German Imperial Navy.
15 July 1908 ordered.
22 February 1910 launched as the U-9 one of the Type U 9 submarines.
Displacement 493 ton surfaced, 611 ton submerged, dim. 57.38 x 6 x 3.13m. draught).
Powered by two Körting 6-cyl. and two Körting 8-cyl. two stroke paraffin (kerosene) motors, 890 hp., and tw SSW electric motors, 1,030 hp. Twin shafts, speed 14.2 knots surfaced and 8.1 knots submerged.
Range by a speed 9 knots, 3.250 mile surfaced.
Armament: 4 – 45cm torpedo tubes. Carried 6 torpedoes. Deck guns: 1 – 5 cm SK L/40 and 1 – 3.7 cm Hotchkiss.
Test depth 50 metre.
Crew 4 officers and 25 men.
18 April 1910 commissioned, building cost 2,140,000 Goldmark.

SM U-9 was a German Type U 9 U-boat. She was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy, and engaged in the commerce war (Handelskrieg) during World War I. Her construction was ordered on 15 July 1908 and her keel was laid down by Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig. She was launched on 22 February 1910 and commissioned on 18 April
Service History
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 22 September, while patrolling the Broad Fourteens, a region of the southern North Sea, U-9 found a squadron of three obsolescent British Cressy-class armoured cruisers (HMS ABOUKIR, HMS HOGUE and HMS CRESSEY), (sardonically nicknamed the "Live Bait Squadron") which had been assigned to prevent German surface vessels from entering the eastern end of the English Channel. She fired all six of her torpedoes, reloading while submerged, and sank all three in less than an hour. 1,459 British sailors died. It was one of the most notable submarine actions of all time. Members of the Admiralty who had considered submarines mere toys no longer expressed that opinion after this event.
On 15 October, U-9 sank the protected cruiser HMS HAWKE . On 12 January 1915, Johannes Spieß relieved Weddigen, and commanded U-9 until 19 April 1916. During this period, she sank 13 ships totalling 8,635 GRT: 10 small fishing vessels and three British steamers (DON, QUEEN WILHELMINA and SERBINO).
She made 7 patrol voyages
After April 1916, she was withdrawn from front-line duties to be used for training.
26 November 1918 she surrendered to the Allies Forces and she was broken up at Morecambe U.K. in 1919
U-9 and the raider SMS EMDEN were the only ships which Kaiser Wilhelm II awarded an Iron Cross.
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-9
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Re: U-9 SM submarine 1910

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:32 pm

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