E 9 (I 89)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | E2 |
| Fate: | Deliberately scuttled in the Baltic off Helsingfors to prevent their capture by the German Army. The Care and Maintenance Party (under Lieutenant Downie) who carried out the scuttling also destroyed all of the stores and torpedoes of the Baltic Flotilla before returning home safely via Petrograd & Archangel. |
E 9 (I 89)
Commanders
| 1914: | Lieutenant Commander | Max Kennedy Horton | |
| 1915: | Commander | Max Kennedy Horton | |
| 1916: | Lieutenant Commander | H Vaughan-Jones |
Submarine E9 was one of the boats of the Baltic Submarine Flotilla.
1914: 8th Flotilla Portsmouth, HMS Maidstone and Adamant
1914: 8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.
1914: Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1915: Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1916: Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1917: Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1917: Baltic Flotilla. Pamyat Azova, Helsingfors (Finland).
As well as the exploits below, In September 1915 E9 sank a further four steamers by torpedo or by scuttling charges, the last being the Dal Alfoen.
Roll of Honour |
2
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| Died: 06-07-1916 | |||||
| Langridge, Frederick Charles | |||||
| Leading Stoker | Died: 06-07-1916 | ||||
| Taken ill and died | |||||
| Died: 20-03-1917 | |||||
| Buss, James | |||||
| Leading Seaman | Died: 20-03-1917 | ||||
| Died from influenza or pneumonia | |||||
Events
| 01-06-1912 | Laid Down |
| 29-10-1913 | Launched |
| 16-06-1914 | Completed |
| 13-09-1914 | The first offensive success by a British submarine was scored by E9, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Max Horton, who had 'stood by' his boat during her construction at Barrow On 13th September, 1914, Horton sighted the German cruiser Hela near Heligoland, closed to 600 yards and fired two torpedoes, one of which struck amidships. Hela sank and E9 was hunted for the remainder of the day but successfully escaped During her next patrol in the Bight, E9 sank the destroyer S116. |
| 06-10-1914 | Sank the German destroyer S-116 in the North Sea |
| 05-06-1915 | Attacked a group of ships which had stopped to take on coal. Sank the collier Dora Hugo Stinnes and put the destroyer S-148 out of action for a long period |
| 02-07-1915 | Attacked and badly damaged the Prinz Adelbert. For this action Horton was awarded the Order of St. George, Russia's equivalent to the Victoria Cross. |
| 17-12-1915 | HMS E9 sinks the German Cruiser Bremen and V191 in the East Baltic |
| 03-04-1918 | Deliberately scuttled in the Baltic off Helsingfors to prevent their capture by the German Army. The Care and Maintenance Party (under Lieutenant Downie) who carried out the scuttling also destroyed all of the stores and torpedoes of the Baltic Flotilla before returning home safely via Petrograd & Archangel. |
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