German submarine U-9 (1935)

U-9 in 1936, note the submarine's number on the hull which was painted out in wartime
History
Nazi Germany
NameU-9
Ordered20 July 1934
Builder
Yard number543
Laid down8 April 1935
Launched30 July 1935
Commissioned21 August 1935
FateSunk 20 August 1944 at Constanța, Romania, in a Soviet air raid
Soviet Union
NameTS-16
Acquired1945
FateBroken up on 12 December 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeType IIB coastal submarine
Displacement
  • 279 t (275 long tons) surfaced
  • 328 t (323 long tons) submerged
Length
Beam
  • 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) (o/a)
  • 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Height8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power
  • 700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (diesels)
  • 410 PS (300 kW; 400 shp) (electric)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
  • 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range
  • 1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
  • 35–43 nmi (65–80 km; 40–49 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth80 m (260 ft)
Complement3 officers, 22 men
Armament
Service record
Part of:
Identification codes: M 13 068
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Hans-Günther Looff
  • 21 August 1935 – 1936/37
  • Kptlt. Werner von Schmidt
  • 30 September 1935 – 1 October 1937
  • Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes
  • 1 October 1937 – 18 September 1939
  • Oblt.z.S. Max-Martin Schulte
  • 19 September – 29 December 1939
  • Oblt.z.S. Wolfgang Lüth
  • 30 December 1939 – 10 June 1940
  • Oblt.z.S. Wolfgang Kaufmann
  • 11 June – 20 October 1940
  • Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Joachim Deecke
  • 21 October 1940 – 8 June 1941
  • Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
  • 2 July 1941 – 18 April 1942
  • 28 October 1942 – 15 September 1943
  • Oblt.z.S. Heinrich Klapdor
  • 16 September 1943 – 31 March 1944
  • Oblt.z.S.d.R Martin Landt-Hayen
  • 5 – 6 April 1944
  • Kptlt. Klaus Petersen
  • 7 April – June 1944
  • Oblt.z.S. Heinrich Klapdor
  • June 1944 – 20 August 1944
Operations:
  • 19 patrols:
  • 1st patrol:
  • 25 August 1939 – 15 September 1939
  • 2nd patrol:
  • 16 – 22 January 1940
  • 3rd patrol:
  • a. 5 – 14 February 1940
  • b. 17 February 1940
  • 4th patrol:
  • 14 – 20 March 1940
  • 5th patrol:
  • 4 – 24 April 1940
  • 6th patrol:
  • 5 – 15 May 1940
  • 7th patrol:
  • 16 – 30 May 1940
  • 8th patrol:
  • 11 November – 1 December 1942
  • 9th patrol:
  • 19 December 1942 – 7 January 1943
  • 10th patrol:
  • 3 February – 3 March 1943
  • 11th patrol:
  • 17 April – 10 May 1943
  • 12th patrol:
  • 20 May – 12 June 1943
  • 13th patrol:
  • a. 26 August – 6 September 1943
  • b. 9 – 10 September 1943
  • 14th patrol:
  • a. 2 – 23 October 1943
  • b. 24 October – 6 November 1943
  • 15th patrol:
  • 28 November – 25 December 1943
  • 16th patrol:
  • a. 21 – 25 February 1944
  • b. 26 – 28 February 1944
  • 17th patrol:
  • a. 23 – 31 March 1944
  • b. 5 – 6 April 1944
  • 18th patrol:
  • 26 April – 28 May 1944
  • 19th patrol:
  • 15 July – 11 August 1944
Victories:
  • 7 merchant ships sunk
    (16,669 GRT)
  • 1 warship sunk
    (552 tons)
  • 1 warship damaged
    (412 tons)

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.

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.