HMS R9
 R-class submarine | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS R9 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Elswick, Tyne and Wear |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1917 |
| Launched: | 12 August 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 26 July 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold, 21 February 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | R class submarine |
| Displacement: | 420 long tons (427 t) surfaced 500 long tons (508 t) submerged |
| Length: | 163 ft (50 m) |
| Beam: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion: | 8-cylinder diesel engine, 480 hp (360 kW) 2 × electric motors, 1,200 hp (890 kW) total Single electric motor for low speed running One shaft |
| Speed: | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) surfaced 14 knots (26 km/h) submerged |
| Endurance: | Submerged: 1 hour at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 2 officers and 20 ratings |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Bow hydrophone array |
| Armament: | • 6 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (forward) • 12 × Mark VIII 18 inch torpedoes |
HMS R9 was a British R class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth. She was laid down on 1 December 1917 and launched on 12 August 1918. R9 was commissioned on 26 July 1919. She came too late to see any combat in World War I, like most of the other R class submarines. She was sold on 21 February 1923 to E. Suren.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert, Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.