U 9 (Navy)
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 U 9 with Iron Cross on the tower |
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| Type : | II B |
| Field Post Number : | M-13 068 |
| Shipyard: | Germania shipyard , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | July 20, 1934 |
| Build number: | 543 |
| Keel laying: | April 8, 1935 |
| Launch: | July 30, 1935 |
| Commissioning: | August 21, 1935 |
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| Calls: | 19 patrols |
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7 ships (16,642 GRT) 2 warships (632 t) |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk in the Black Sea on September 20, 1944 , dismantled in Mykolaiv in 1946 |
U 9 was a German submarine from Type II B , which in the Second World War by the Navy was used.
history
The building contract for the boat was awarded to the Germania shipyard in Kiel on July 20, 1934 . The keel was laid on March 11, 1935, the launch on June 30, 1935, the commissioning under Lieutenant Hans-Günther Looff on August 21, 1935.
After commissioning, the boat belonged to the Weddigen U-Flotilla until December 31, 1939 . When the U-Flotilla was reclassified, it came to the 1st U-Flotilla in Kiel on January 1, 1940 . After seven patrols it came from July 1, 1940 to October 31, 1940 as a school boat to the 24th U-Flotilla in Memel , then to May 1942 to the 21st U-Flotilla in Pillau , before being part of the 30th U-Flotilla was relocated across the land and the Danube into the Black Sea .
After being towed along the Danube, the U 9 was made operational at the shipyards in Linz (partial assembly) and Galați (final assembly) and put back into service on October 28, 1942. This was followed by its transfer to the German underground base in Constanța . U 9 drove twelve enemy missions in the Black Sea.
U 9 undertook a total of nineteen patrols during which it sank eight ships with a total tonnage of 16,969 GRT as well as a submarine with 552 ts and a gunboat with 80 ts.
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First patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on August 25, 1939 at 8:45 a.m. and entered Kiel on September 15, 1939 at 11:50 a.m. No ships were sunk on the 22-day operation in the North Sea and on the Scottish east coast.
Second patrol
The boat left Kiel on January 16, 1940 at 9.45 p.m. and entered Wilhelmshaven on January 22, 1940 at 8 p.m. During this seven-day expedition in the North Sea and on the British east coast, two ships with a total of 2,367 GRT were sunk.
- 18 January 1940: sinking of the Swedish steamer Flandria (1179 BRT) ( position ) by a G7e torpedo . He had loaded general cargo and coal and was on his way from Gothenburg to Amsterdam . There were seventeen dead and four survivors.
- 19 January 1940: sinking of the Swedish steamer Patria (1,188 GRT) ( location ) by a G7e torpedo. He had loaded coal, paper and asphalt and was on his way from Rotterdam to Gothenburg . There were 19 dead and four survivors. The 4 survivors were rescued by the Swedish steamer FRIGG . [1]
Third patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on February 5, 1940 at 10:00 a.m. and returned there on February 17, 1940 at 5:00 p.m. Two ships with a total of 7,208 GRT were sunk on this eleven-day and 1,099 nm above and 96 nm underwater mining operation off the Moray Firth and the Cromarty Firth .
- February 11, 1940: Sinking of the Estonian steamer Linda (1,213 GRT) ( location ) by a G7e torpedo. He was carrying coal and was on his way from Blyth to Gothenburg . There was one dead.
- May 4, 1940: The British tanker San Tiburcio (5,995 GRT) was sunk by a mine hit. He had loaded twelve aircraft swimmers and 2,193 tons of heating oil and was on the way from Scapa Flow to Invergordon . There were no deaths, 40 survivors. The survivors were rescued by the British ASW trawler LEICESTER CITY and landed in Invergordon. [2]
Fourth patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on March 14, 1940 at 2:15 p.m. and returned there on March 20, 1940 at 8:00 a.m. No ships were sunk during the seven-day, 710 nm above and 63 nm underwater undertaking to hunt submarines in the North Sea and off southern Norway .
Fifth patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on April 4, 1940 at 10:00 a.m. for the Weser Exercise company and entered Kiel on April 24, 1940 at 8:00 a.m. No ships were sunk on the twenty-day and 2,122 nm above and 302 nm underwater undertaking off Bergen and northeast of the Shetland Islands . A torpedo attack on the Polish destroyer ORP Blyskawica on April 20 missed its target.
Sixth patrol
The boat left Kiel on May 5, 1940 at 5:45 p.m. and entered Wilhelmshaven on May 15, 1940 at 8:30 p.m. On this eleven-day, 870 nm over and 105 nm long operation in the North Sea and on the Dutch coast, two ships with a total of 3,811 GRT and a submarine with 552 t were sunk.
- May 9, 1940: Sinking of the French submarine Doris (552 t) ( location ) by two G7a torpedoes. It was a total loss.
- May 11, 1940: Sinking of the Estonian steamer Viiu (1,908 GRT) ( location ) by a G7e torpedo. He had an unknown cargo and was on his way from Antwerp to Miami . There were five survivors.
- May 11, 1940: Sinking of the British steamer Tringa by a torpedo. He had loaded 1000 tons of potash and 1200 tons of iron ore and was on his way from Antwerp to Glasgow . There were seventeen dead and six survivors.
Seventh patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on May 16, 1940 at 3:00 p.m. and entered Kiel on May 30, 1940. A ship with 3,256 GRT was sunk on the fifteen-day and 960 nm above and 141 nm underwater expedition into the English Channel .
- May 23, 1940: sinking of the German steamer Sigurd Fallbaums (3,256 GRT) ( location ) by two G7e torpedoes. It had been brought up by the British and was on the way from Zeebrugge to Great Britain as a prize .
Eighth patrol
The boat left Constanța on November 11, 1942 at 7:00 a.m. and returned there on December 1, 1942 at 12:30 p.m. No ships were sunk on this twenty-one-day and approximately 3,000 nm over and 271.9 nm underwater expedition in the Black Sea off Batumi , Poti , Tuapse and Adler .
Ninth patrol
The boat left Constanța on December 19, 1942 at 11:45 a.m. and returned there on January 7, 1943 at 10:39 a.m. No ships were sunk during this twenty day long and 2,219 nm above and 153.1 nm underwater expedition in the Black Sea. On the afternoon of December 27, 1942, a Soviet mine sweeper dropped eight depth charges on the boat off Sochi , causing minor damage.
Tenth patrol
The boat left Constanța on February 3, 1943 at 11:00 a.m. and returned there on March 3, 1943 at 11:45 a.m. No ships were sunk on this twenty-eight-day, 3,042.9 nm above and 316.1 nm underwater expedition in the Black Sea.
Eleventh patrol
The boat left Constanța on April 17, 1943 at 1:34 p.m. and returned there on May 10, 1943 at 9:15 a.m. No ships were sunk during this twenty-four-day long and 2,622.4 nm under and 275.9 nm overwater expedition in the Black Sea.
Twelfth patrol
The boat left Constanța on May 20, 1943 at 1:45 p.m. and returned there on June 12, 1943 at 11:30 a.m. No ships were sunk during this twenty-four-day and 3,043.1 nm above and 179.6 nm underwater expedition in the Black Sea. The submarine was attacked during the journey, but not damaged.
Thirteenth patrol
The boat left Constanța on August 26, 1943 at 1:38 p.m. and returned there on September 10, 1943 at 7:15 p.m. No ships were sunk during this sixteen-day long and 1.661 nm above and 157.6 nm underwater expedition into the Black Sea.
Fourteenth patrol
The boat left Constanța on October 2, 1943 at 1:50 p.m. and returned there on November 6, 1943 at 12:15 p.m. No ships were sunk during the thirty-six day long, 3,508.1 nm above and 501.3 nm underwater expedition in the Black Sea.
Fifteenth patrol
The boat left Constanța on November 28, 1943 at 12:56 p.m. and returned there on December 25, 1943 at 8:16 a.m. No ships were sunk during the twenty-eight-day and 3,037.7 nm above and 258.6 nm underwater expedition in the Black Sea.
Sixteenth patrol
The boat left Constanța on February 21, 1944 at 8:00 a.m. and returned there on February 28, 1944 at 9:42 a.m. No ships were sunk on the seven-day long and 595.7 nm under and 38.9 nm overwater operation in the Black Sea.
Eighteenth patrol
The boat left Constanța on March 23, 1944 at 7:00 a.m. and returned there on April 6, 1944 at 9:55 p.m. On March 31, 1944, two Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft were shot down on the twenty-two day long and 1,390.3 nm above and 73.4 nm underwater operation in the Black Sea .
Nineteenth patrol
The boat left Constanța on April 26, 1944 at 11 p.m. and returned there on May 28, 1944 at 9:40 a.m. During the fourteen-day expedition in the Black Sea, a gunboat was sunk and a mine- layer was torpedoed. Depth attacks by a Soviet escort south of Yalta on May 11 did little damage.
- May 11, 1944: The Soviet mine- layer Schtorm (700 t) was sunk or damaged by a TV torpedo. The ship was probably sunk; today there are no more precise documents.
- May 25, 1944: The Soviet gunboat Pitt (approx. 80 t) was sunk by a TV torpedo.
Maintenance of tradition
In memory of the successes of the predecessor boat SM U 9 , this boat was also allowed to carry an iron cross on both sides of the tower.
The two Iron Crosses remained on board until they were sunk on August 20, 1944.
Whereabouts
U 9 was sunk on August 20, 1944 in the Constanța base during an attack by Soviet fighters and attack aircraft by a direct bomb hit ( Lage ). At that time it was lying at the submarine pier with U 18 and U 24 in the package. There were no crew members on board at the time of the attack.
The first salvage of the boat was carried out by the average service of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet on October 22, 1944. Due to a lack of docking capacity, the boat was temporarily grounded in shallow water. Docking in the port of Constanța did not take place until the end of March 1945. After the first repair in the dock, the boat was transferred to Nikolajew for restoration at the shipyard there. On April 19, 1945, the boat with the designation TC-16 was added to the inventory of the Soviet naval fleet. In Nikolayev it was initially with a group of Romanian ships that had been raised as spoils of war by the USSR and transported there. After its restoration in October 1945, TC-16 was relocated to Sevastopol and assigned to the Soviet submarine training unit. On November 25, 1946, it was hived off from the fleet of the Black Sea Fleet and approved for scrapping.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerd Enders: German U-Boats to the Black Sea. 1942-1944. A journey of no return. ES Mittler, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0520-7 .
- ↑ Hans Michael Kloth: U-boat on the Autobahn. In: Spiegel-Online , February 5, 2008
- ↑ https://www.uboat.net/boats/u9.htm
- ↑ https://www.uboat.net/boats/u9.htm
- ↑ Gerd Enders: German U-Boats in the Black Sea. 1942-1944. A journey of no return. ES Mittler, Hamburg et al. 1972, ISBN 3-8132-0520-7 .
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