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 commerce raiding (Handelskrieg) during World War I.

The Action of 22 September 1914 was an attack by the German U-boat U-9 that took place during the First World War. Three obsolete Royal Navy cruisers of the 7th Cruiser Squadron manned …

Jun 30, 2009 · How much they feared our submarines and how wide was the agitation caused by good little U-9 is shown by the English reports that a whole flotilla of German submarines had …

Jan 19, 2016 · From that day forward, Britain and Germany understood the great threat and devastating impact of submarines. The U-9 alone would sink 18 ships by the time she was …

Living aboard German Submarine U-Boat U9 in 1914. This account of life in a 1914 German U-Boat was written by Johannes Speiss, First Watch Officer of the early kerosine powered …

4 days ago · U-9 was commissioned as the first boat in class by July 15, 1908, with her keel laid at the Imperial Shipyard in Danzig. Commissioned on April 18, 1910, she had two famous …

Sep 26, 2012 · At the start of World War 1, neither the British Royal Navy nor the German Imperial Navy took the lowly submarine seriously. Then, German U-boat U-9 attacked three …

On 22 September, 1914 U 9 (Ltn. Otto Weddigen) sank no fewer than 3 British cruisers in less than an hour: the HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy, with the loss of almost 1400 men. This …

Oct 9, 2017 · German propaganda postcard depicting U-9’s sinking of the Livebait Squadron. With such a mindset, three British armored light cruisers, HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue, and HMS …

Jan 30, 2025 · In the first few years of World War I, the U-boats took a terrible toll on Allied shipping. Germany’s quarantine of the British Isles was almost successful, but in 1917 …