G9
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | G |
| Fate: | Submarine G9 was on patrol in the North Sea on 16th September 1917 having left her base on the Tees on 9th September. The Submarine was in position between 60 degrees 30 minutes North and 61 degrees 30 minutes North. G9 apparently fired a torpedo at the ‘M’ Class Destroyer HMS Pasley believing the Destroyer to be a German U-Boat. The torpedo did not explode and HMS Pasley rammed the submarine, which sank. There was one survivor, Stoker William Alfred Drake. The remainder of the crew of G9 was lost. |
G9 at Scapa
The crew of G9
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Baby, George Albert | Able Seaman | J 10723 | 24 | |
| Bareham, Victor | Able Seaman | J 20193 | 21 | |
| Barnes, Arthur Hector | Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | 269945 | 40 | |
| RN DoB 21/07/1877. Actual 21/07/1876 | ||||
| Bastard, Ernest Edward | Petty Officer | 207705 | DSM | 32 |
| RN DoB 22/10/1884. Actual 02/10/1885 | ||||
| Buchanan, Frank Rae | Able Seaman | J 10883 | 23 | |
| Cary, Byron Plantagenet | Lieutenant Commander | DSO | 30 | |
| Commanding Officer | ||||
| Cottrell, Clement Fraser | Sub Lieutenant | 20 | ||
| Crook, Ernest Edward | Stoker Petty Officer | 302195 | 35 | |
| Dillin, William | Able Seaman | J 6989 | 24 | |
| Dinnis, John Frederick | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | M 439 | 31 | |
| Dowsett, George Stanley | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | M5481 | 26 | |
| RN DoB 05/09/1891. Actual 05/09/1890. At birth Dowsett, Stanley George Joined as Dowsett, George Stanley | ||||
| Goodbody, Albert Charles | Stoker 1st Class | K 19290 | 28 | |
| Goodey, Andrew Taylor | Signalman | J 13870 | 22 | |
| Hart, James Edward | Able Seaman | 239695 | 25 | |
| Hayes, Frederick Charles | Leading Stoker | K 7370 | 25 | |
| RN DoB 01/07/1892. Actual 01/07/1893 | ||||
| John, George | Engine Room Artificer (RNR) | EA 1774 | 26 | |
| At birth John, Dewi George Served as John, George | ||||
| Kennett, Charles Richard | Leading Seaman (CG) | 213318 | 34 | |
| RN DoB 21/07/1883. Actual 21/07/1882 | ||||
| Kuspert, Russell | Stoker 1st Class | K 22193 | 24 | |
| Lesley, Henry Norman | Lieutenant | 27 | ||
| Marchant, George William | Leading Stoker | K 7448 | 25 | |
| Marshall, Albert Edward Ernest | Stoker 1st Class | K 20632 | 22 | |
| RN DoB 04/04/1895. Actual 04/04/1896 | ||||
| Mills, Robert Henry | Stoker 1st Class | K 23500 | 20 | |
| RN DoB 01/08/1896. Actual 01/08/1897 | ||||
| Mitchell, William Henry | Able Seaman | 239539 | 26 | |
| Moller, Henry George | Petty Officer Telegraphist | 238927 | 26 | |
| Morley, Harry | Able Seaman | 237733 | 26 | |
| Nicoll, James Rollo Macrossen | Boy Telegraphist | J 44755 | 17 | |
| Parrick, Cuthbert Percival | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | M 2189 | 22 | |
| Penfold, Ernest William | Petty Officer | J 6407 | 24 | |
| Pinnell, Richard | Leading Seaman | J 11878 | 23 | |
| Richardson, Fred | Temporary Lieutenant (RNR) | 25 | ||
| Smith, Allan Charles | Able Seaman | J 1925 | 25 | |
| Underwood, Harry William Thomas | Stoker 1st Class | K 15565 | 24 | |
| Williams, Albert Rees | Stoker 1st Class | K 9680 | 24 | |
Events
| 08-12-1914 : | Laid Down |
| 15-06-1916 : | Launched |
| 22-08-1916 : | Completed |
| 16-01-1917 : | G9 left the Tees on 9th September 1917. On the 16th she was on patrol off Norway between 60 degrees 30 minutes north and 61 degrees 30 minutes north. It was a very dark night and G9 knew an enemy submarine was in the vicinity. There was heavy rain, with sea state 5 and wind force 4-5. Whilst on the surface, G9 fired two torpedoes at the destroyer HMS Pasley in mistake for German U-boat and was preparing to launch the stern tube torpedo before she was rammed. One torpedo missed Pasley, the other failed to detonate because of the acute angle of impact. The destroyer rammed the submarine. There was only one survivor. The CO of Pasley had received no instructions regarding probable presence of British submarines in this area. The subsequent Court of Enquiry attributed no blame to Pasley. |
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