Unterseeboot 9 has been the designation of two U-boats. U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ...

World War I

During World War I, U-9 was the lead ship of her class of U-boat of the Kaiserliche Marine. 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 she was commissioned on 18 April 1910. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire and existed between 1871 and 1919; it grew out of the Prussian Navy and the Norddeutsche Bundesmarine. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Radio- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Radio- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

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. July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

On 1 August 1914, Leutnant zur See Otto Weddigen took command. On 22 September 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, Hogue, and Cressy. Almost 1400 British sailors died. Members of the Admiralty who had considered submarines to be mere "toys" no longer expressed that opinion after this event. August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Otto Weddigen (* August 15, 1880 in Herford; † March 18, 1915 on sea) was a german u-boat commander during World War I. He started his military career in the imperial german navy in 1901. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... The Broad Fourteens is an area of the southern North Sea that is fairly consistently fourteen fathoms (26 meters) deep (thus, on a nautical map showing depth, a broad area with many 14 notations). ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...

On 12 January 1915, Johannes Spieß relieved Weddigen, and commanded U-9 until 19 April 1916. January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

U-9 was surrendered to the United Kingdom on 26 November 1918, and was broken up at Morecambe in 1919. November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Location within the British Isles Morecambe is a resort town in the Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

In total, U-9 conducted seven patrols, sinking 13 merchant ships totalling 8636 tons.

World War II

During World War II, U-9 was a Type IIB submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on 8 April 1935 by Germaniawerft in Kiel. She was launched on 30 July 1935 and commissioned on 21 August 1935 with Kapitänleutnant Hans-Günther Looff in command. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Statistics State: Schleswig-Holstein District: Independent city Area: 113. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

U-9 conducted 19 patrols under a series of commanders, sinking eight ships totalling 17,221 tons and damaging another displacing 412 tons. This included the French coastal submarine of the Sirène class Doris. Doris can mean several things: In Greek mythology, Doris (bountiful) was an Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. ...

At 1030 on 20 August 1944 at Konstanza in the Black Sea, U-9 was sunk by bombs from Soviet aircraft. In 1945 the Soviets raised the boat and brought it into Nikolaev. She was repaired and in 1945 was commissioned in to the Soviet Navy as Soviet submarine TS-16, but did not perform well and was broken up after 12 December 1946. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of the Black Sea. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nikolayev may refer to one of the following: A town and an important ship building and naval center of Ukraine and, formerly, of the Soviet Union and Imperial Russia. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

External links

• Sinking of HMS Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue by U-9