U-9 Weddigen

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:armament 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun
4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 6 m
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Kaiserliche_Werft_Danzig
gptkbp:class Type U 9 submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 18 April 1910
gptkbp:crew 25 enlisted
4 officers
gptkbp:decommissioned 1919
gptkbp:displacement 493 tons (surfaced)
611 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:fate Decommissioned
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U-9 Weddigen
gptkbp:launched 22 February 1910
gptkbp:length 57.38 m
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Otto_Weddigen
gptkbp:notableAction Sank three British cruisers in one hour
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Otto_Weddigen
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Action_of_22_September_1914
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:propulsion 2 Siemens-Schuckert electric motors
2 Körting 8-cylinder two-stroke paraffin engines
gptkbp:scrapped 1919
gptkbp:speed 14.2 knots (surfaced)
8.1 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:HMS_Aboukir
gptkb:HMS_Cressy
gptkb:HMS_Hogue
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Heinz_Paul
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6