U-9

Type

IIB

 
Ordered20 Jul 1934
Laid down8 Apr 1935 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 543)
Launched30 Jul 1935
Commissioned21 Aug 1935Kptlt. Hans-Günther Looff
Commanders
21 Aug 1935 - 1936/37  KrvKpt. Hans-Günther Looff
30 Sep 1935 - 1 Oct 1937  Kptlt. Werner von Schmidt
1 Oct 1937 - 18 Sep 1939  Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes
19 Sep 1939 - 29 Dec 1939   Max-Martin Schulte
30 Dec 1939 - 10 Jun 1940  Oblt. Wolfgang Lüth (Knights Cross)
11 Jun 1940 - 20 Oct 1940  Oblt. Wolfgang Kaufmann
21 Oct 1940 - 8 Jun 1941  Kptlt. Joachim Deecke
2 Jul 1941 - 30 Apr 1942   Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
28 Oct 1942 - 15 Sep 1943  Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
16 Sep 1943 - 20 Aug 1944  Oblt. Heinrich Klapdor
5 Apr 1944 - 6 Apr 1944  Oblt. Martin Landt-Hayen (boat in transit)
7 Apr 1944 - Jun, 1944  Kptlt. Klaus Petersen
Career
19 patrols
1 Sep 1935-1 Aug 1939  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1939  1. Flottille (school boat)
1 Jan 1940-30 Jun 1940  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul 1940-31 Oct 1940  24. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1940-1 May 1942  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Oct 1942-20 Aug 1944  30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes7 ships sunk for a total of 16,669 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 552 tons
1 warship damaged for a total of 412 tons
Fate

Sunk at 1030hrs on the 20 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea in position 44.12N, 28.41E, by bombs from Soviet aircraft.

See the 9 ships hit by U-9 - View the 19 war patrols

In 1945 the Soviets raised the boat and brought it in the Russian harbour Nikolaev. She became in 1945 the USSR TS-16, but due to extensive damages she was broken up sometime after 12 Dec, 1946.

Attacks on this boat

27 Dec 1942
At 16.20 hours, the boat was attacked by a Soviet minesweeper with 8 depth charges off Sochi and suffered minor damages. (Sources: Ritschel)

11 May 1944
The U-9 was depth charged by a Soviet escort and suffered slight damages.

2 recorded attacks on this boat.

General notes on this boat

20 Apr 1940. On 20 April, 1940 the boat fired torpedoes at the Polish destroyer ORP Blyskawica but missed.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-9 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Battle Beneath the Waves. Stern, Robert C., 1999.
German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
Okrety plyna po ladzie. Piwowoñski, Jan, 1959.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.


There was another U-9 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Feb 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 Apr 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 9 during WWI.