M9
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | M-class Minesweeper |
Builder | LĂĽbecker Flenderwerke AG |
Yard Number | 244 |
Ordered | 22 Nov 1935 |
Laid Down | 20 Mar 1937 |
Launched | 16 Nov 1937 |
Commissioned | 5 May 1939 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseGerman minesweeper M9 was completed in May 1939. She was transferred to France in Oct 1947.
Last Major Revision: Jun 2019
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M9 Operational Timeline
5 Oct 1940 | British submarine HMS Tigris spotted a group of Axis warships (Italian submarine Maggiore Baracca, Italian submarine Reginaldo Giuliani, German minesweeper M-9, German minesweeper M-13, and German auxiliary Cap Hadid) and fired four torpedoes at the distance of about 2,500 yards, about 20 miles west of the French coast at 0815 hours. All torpedoes missed the targets, but two of the torpedoes were detonated some distance after missing the targets. British commanding officer Lieutenant Commander Howard Bone had originally mistaken one of the German ships as a third submarine, thus even though all four torpedoes missed, having seeing only two submarines after the detonations Bone thought he had destroyed one enemy submarine. Maggiore Baracca arrived at Pauillac, France in the evening, ending her first war patrol. |
31 Oct 1940 | Comandante FaĂ di Bruno departed Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France at 2000 hours, starting her fourth war patrol. She was escorted out of the port by German minesweepers M9 and M21. |
5 Jan 1941 | Morosini departed Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France at 1004 hours, arriving at La Pallice, La Rochelle, France at 1910 hours. The Italian submarine was escorted by German minesweeper M9 and German submarine chasers UJ-D and UJ-E. |
3 Feb 1941 | Alessandro Malaspina arrived at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France at 1300 hours, ending her third war patrol. She was escorted into Le Verdon-sur-Mer by German minesweepers M9 and M21. |
18 Feb 1941 | Maggiore Baracca arrived at Pauillac, France at 1303 hours, ending her third war patrol. She was escorted into port by German minesweepers M6, M9, and M21 and German auxiliary cruiser Sperrbrecher 16. |
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