H.M.S. E 9 (1913)

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H.M.S. E 9 (1913)
Pendant Number: I.89 (1914)
E.9 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 29 Nov, 1913[3]
Scuttled: 8 Apr, 1918[4]
Fate: off Helsingfors

H.M.S. E 9 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

From the Test Mobilisation, E 9 was attached to the Eighth Submarine Flotilla, serving in Home and Atlantic Waters.

On 15 October, 1914, E 1, E 9 and E 11 sortied to enter the Baltic. Lieutenant-Commander Horton took the E 9 into the Baltic on the 18th, only to find himself beset with a faulty engine, proceeding then to the Russian port of Libau.[5]

In August, 1916, E 9 left 8 S.F.. She eventually appeared in November for unspecified detached service in Home waters and in December it was clear that she was in Portsmouth, one of ten assorted submarines listed as providing "detached service" for the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

E 9 was one of several submarines scuttled outside Helsinki in the Gulf of Finland on 3 April, 1918 to avoid capture by advancing German forces.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 84.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  5. ↑ Thompson. The War at Sea. p. 175.
  6. ↑ Horton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/317. f. 6.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 353.
  8. ↑ Horton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/317. f. 6.
  9. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  10. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.

Bibliography


"E" Class Submarine
E 1 Group
E 1 E 2 E 3 E 4 E 5
E 6 E 7 E 8 AE 1 AE 2
E 9 Group
E 9 E 10 E 11 E 12 E 13
E 14 E 15 E 16 E 17 E 18
E 19 E 20 E 21 E 22 E 23
E 25 E 26 E 27 E 29 E 30
E 31 E 32 E 33 E 35 E 36
E 37 E 38 E 39 E 40 E 42
E 43 E 44 E 47 E 48 E 49
  E 50 E 52 E 53  
  E 54 E 55 E 56  
Minelayers
  E 24 E 34 E 41  
  E 45 E 46 E 51  
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