SMS U-9
Survived
| Type | Submarine |
|---|---|
| War | First World War |
| Main guns | four 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern) |
Under Otto Weddigen, sank three British armoured cruisers in an hour on 22 September 1914, and the cruiser Hawke a few weeks later.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- four 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern)
- 6 torpedoes
- 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss gun
- 1 × 5 cm (2 in) SK L/40 gun (from 1915)
- 1 × machine gun
- 12 P-Mines (March–December 1916)
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig |
|---|---|
| Launched | 22 February 1910 |
| Commissioned | 18 April 1910 |
| Displacement | 493 tonnes (485 long tons) surfaced 611 tonnes (601 long tons) submerged |
| Length | 57.38 m (188 ft 3 in) (o/a) 48 m (157 ft 6 in) (pressure hull) |
| Speed | 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) surfaced 8.1 knots (15.0 km/h; 9.3 mph) submerged |
| Complement | 4 officers, 25 enlisted |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
22 February 1910
22 September 1914
Otto Weddigen
Fate
Survived
Surrendered 26 November 1918. Broken up at Morecambe in 1919.