H.M.S. B 9 (1906)

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H.M.S. B 9 (1906)
Pendant Number: I.29 (1914)
B.9 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 24 Jan, 1906[3]
Sold: 1919[4]
H.M.S. B 9 was one of eleven "B" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In the summer of 1914, B 9 went to Malta as one of three "B" class boats to initially constitute what would become the Mediterranean Submarine Flotilla.

Around October, 1915, B 9 was transferred to the British Adriatic Squadron along with sisters B 7 and B 8. At a time when it coastal submarines were enjoying ever-less utility, the Adriatic was well-suited to operations by such handy boats.

B 9 was withdrawn from service around November 1916 and taken to Malta, where she would be reconfigured for surface-only operation as an "S" class patrol boat. She returned with three sisters to the Adriatic Squadron in August 1917.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 82.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 319.
  6. Gill Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/72. f. 207.
  7. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 317.
  8. Gill Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/72. f. 207.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 310.

Bibliography


"B" Class Submarine
B 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 B 5
  B 6 B 7 B 8  
  B 9 B 10 B 11  
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