HMS E9 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. Boats Group 1 E1 - Launched November 9 1912. E2 - Launched November Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 2004 Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and Seaport in Cumbria, England. She was laid down on 1 June 1912 and was commissioned on 18 June 1914. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year At dawn on 13 September 1914, the submarine, commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Horton, torpedoed the German light cruiser SMS Hela six miles southwest of Heligoland. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Lieutenant Commander ( Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy) is a Commissioned officer rank in many navies Superior Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO & Two Bars ( November 29, 1883 – July 30, 1951) was for other meanings see also the disambiguation page Hela SMS Hela was a Light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy Heligoland (Helgoland Heligolandic: deät Lun) is a small German Archipelago in the North Sea. Hela was hit amidships with the two torpedoes, fired from a range of 600 yards. All but two of her crew were rescued by the German submarine U 18 and another German ship. Although pursued most of the day by German naval forces, E9 managed to reach Harwich safely. Harwich (ˈhærɪdʒ is a town in Essex England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea [1] Three weeks later, Horton sank the German destroyer S 116 off the mouth of the River Ems. The Ems (Ems Eems is a River in northwestern Germany and northeastern Netherlands. For sinking the cruiser and the destroyer, Horton was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The Distinguished Service Order ( DSO) is a Military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries awarded for
E9 was scuttled outside Helsinki (Helsingfors) 1. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. 5nm of Grohara Light in the Gulf of Finland on 3 April 1918 to avoid seizure by advancing German forces. Harmaja (Gråhara is an island and a Lighthouse outside Helsinki, south of the Suomenlinna sea forteress The Gulf of Finland ( Finnish: Suomenlahti, Russian: Финский залив, Finskiy zaliv, Swedish: Finska viken Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
HMS E9 was salved for breaking in Finland in August 1953. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
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- ^ Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, RN. uboat. net. Retrieved on 2006-11-26. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus"
- Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day, by Robert Hutchinson
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