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

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]

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. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 353.

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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