SM U-9
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SM U-9 was a German Type U 9 U-boat. She was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy and engaged in commerce raiding during the First World War.
U-9 ready for patrol.
U-9 docked in Sassnitz
Illustration by Hans Bohrdt depicting the sinking of HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir by U-9 on 22 September 1914 off the Dutch coast.
The men of U-9.
Otto Weddigen
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Otto Eduard Weddigen was an Imperial German Navy U-boat commander during World War I. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest honour, for sinking four British warships.
SM U-9
…On 16 July 1914, the crew of U-9 reloaded the torpedo tubes while submerged, the first time a submarine had done so. On 1 August 1914, Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen took command. On 22 September, while patrolling the Broad Fourteens, a region of the southern North Sea, U-9 found a squadron of the British Cressy-class…
Otto Weddingen
"Victories of U-9" – a contemporary German postcard showing the photo of Weddigen against the background of the sinking Aboukir and Hogue.
Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen and his wife
Crew of U-9, prior to receiving their Iron Crosses, welcomed home as heroes