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 mainly by Royal Naval Reserve part-timers and sometimes referred to as the Live Bait Squadron, were sunk by U-9 while patrolling the southern North Sea .

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 attacked the cruisers and that this flotilla had approached under cover of the flag of Holland.

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 pulled from the front line in 1916.

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 submarine U9, captained by Otto Weddigen.

5 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 commanders. The first was Lieutenant Commander Waldemar Kophamel, a future well known WW2 U-Boat ace.

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 British cruisers.

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 attack showed for the first time the capabilities of submarines in war. Otto Weddigen would perish with his U 29 later in the war.

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 Cressy, were sailing almost straight abreast, two miles from …

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 unrestricted U-boat...