The submarine was ordered on 30 August 1921 and laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde on 1 December 1923 or 23 September 1922. The launch took place on 7 April 1925. On 18 January 1926 the ship is commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]
In 1929 O 9, O 10, Jacob van Heemskerck, Z 5, Z 6, made a trip to the Baltic Sea for exercises. The next year on 30 July 1930 O 9, O 10, Jacob van Heemskerck and Witte de With visited Antwerp.[2]
In 1931 O 9, O 10, O 8, Jacob van Heemskerck, Z 7 and Z 8, made again a trip to the Baltic Sea for exercises. She sailed for the Baltics again in 1936 with her sisters O 10, O 11 and Hertog Hendrik and Z 5. In 1939 O 9 together with her sisters O 10, O 11 were attached to the coastal division. They acted as the offensive part of Dutch coastal defense.[2]
From 9 to 11 May 1940 she and O 10 are on patrol off the coast of the Netherlands. During the patrol O 9 was attacked by German military airplanes. 12 May 1940 she, O 10 and a tugboat fled to the United Kingdom where they arrived on 15 May 1940.[2]
During the war she patrolled the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay. From August 1940 to March 1944 O 9 was attached to the 7th Training Flotilla in Rothesay and used as an ASDIC piggy boat. 1 December 1944 O 9 was decommissioned and September 1945 stricken. October 1946 she was sold for scrapping.[2]
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^"Dutch Submarines: The O 9 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
^ abcdef"Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 9". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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hnlms, class, patrol, submarines, royal, netherlands, navy, ship, built, koninklijke, maatschappij, schelde, shipyard, flushing, 9history, netherlands, nameo, builderkoninklijke, maatschappij, schelde, flushing, laid, down1, december, 1923, september, 1922, la. O 9 was an O 9 class patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy The ship was built by Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde shipyard in Flushing O 9History Netherlands NameO 9 BuilderKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Flushing Laid down1 December 1923 or 23 September 1922 Launched7 April 1925 Commissioned18 January 1926 Decommissioned1 December 1944 FateSold for scrap October 1946 General characteristics 1 Class and typeO 9 class submarine Displacement526 tons surfaced 656 tons submerged Length54 66 m 179 ft 4 in Beam5 7 m 18 ft 8 in Draught3 53 m 11 ft 7 in Propulsion2 450 bhp 336 kW diesel engines 2 250 bhp 186 kW electric motors Speed12 kn 22 km h 14 mph surfaced 8 kn 15 km h 9 2 mph submerged Range3 500 nmi 6 500 km 4 000 mi at 8 kn 15 km h 9 2 mph on the surface 25 nmi 46 km 29 mi at 8 kn 15 km h 9 2 mph submerged Complement29 Armament2 21 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 17 7 inch bow torpedo tubes 1 17 7 inch stern torpedo tube 1 x 88 mm gun 1 x 12 7 mm machine gunService history editThe submarine was ordered on 30 August 1921 and laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde on 1 December 1923 or 23 September 1922 The launch took place on 7 April 1925 On 18 January 1926 the ship is commissioned in the Dutch navy 2 21 June 1926 O 9 together with O 11 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp Jacob van Heemskerck Z 7 and Z 8 sailed from Den Helder to the Baltic Sea to visit the ports of Kiel Goteborg and Trondheim 2 In 1929 O 9 O 10 Jacob van Heemskerck Z 5 Z 6 made a trip to the Baltic Sea for exercises The next year on 30 July 1930 O 9 O 10 Jacob van Heemskerck and Witte de With visited Antwerp 2 In 1931 O 9 O 10 O 8 Jacob van Heemskerck Z 7 and Z 8 made again a trip to the Baltic Sea for exercises She sailed for the Baltics again in 1936 with her sisters O 10 O 11 and Hertog Hendrik and Z 5 In 1939 O 9 together with her sisters O 10 O 11 were attached to the coastal division They acted as the offensive part of Dutch coastal defense 2 From 9 to 11 May 1940 she and O 10 are on patrol off the coast of the Netherlands During the patrol O 9 was attacked by German military airplanes 12 May 1940 she O 10 and a tugboat fled to the United Kingdom where they arrived on 15 May 1940 2 During the war she patrolled the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay From August 1940 to March 1944 O 9 was attached to the 7th Training Flotilla in Rothesay and used as an ASDIC piggy boat 1 December 1944 O 9 was decommissioned and September 1945 stricken October 1946 she was sold for scrapping 2 References edit Dutch Submarines The O 9 submarine class dutchsubmarines com 2012 Retrieved 3 September 2013 a b c d e f Dutch Submarines The submarine O 9 dutchsubmarines com 2012 Retrieved 3 September 2013 External links editDescription of ship Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HNLMS O 9 amp oldid 1134378692, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
