German submarine U-9 (1935)
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German submarine U-9 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on 8 February 1935, by Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 543. She was launched on 30 July 1935 and commissioned on 21 August, with Korvettenkapitän Hans-Günther Looff in command.
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U-9 in 1936, note the submarine's number on the hull which was painted out in wartime | |
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Name | U-9 |
Ordered | 20 July 1934 |
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Yard number | 543 |
Laid down | 8 April 1935 |
Launched | 30 July 1935 |
Commissioned | 21 August 1935 |
Fate | Sunk 20 August 1944 at Constanța, Romania, in a Soviet air raid |
Soviet Union | |
Name | TS-16 |
Acquired | 1945 |
Fate | Broken up on 12 December 1946 |
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Class and type | Type IIB coastal submarine |
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Height | 8.60 m (28 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in) |
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Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 22 men |
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Identification codes: | M 13 068 |
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U-9 conducted 19 patrols under a series of commanders, including U-boat ace Wolfgang Lüth, sinking eight ships totalling 17,221 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging another displacing 412 tons. This included the French Sirène class coastal submarine Doris.
She was sunk by Soviet bombs on 20 August 1944. Her wreck was later raised by the Soviets, repaired and recommissioned as TS-16 but was broken up in December 1946 because of her poor performance.