Patrol info for U-9
Date lookup for 20 Apr 1940
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 4 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 24 Apr 1940 | Kiel | 21 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Oblt. Wolfgang Lüth |
1WO Oblt. Heinrich Schonder |
WO Ltn. Franz Gramitzky |
Patrol description
Formed U-boat group 3 (Bergen) together with U-14, U-56, U-60 and U-62 for Operation Weseruebung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. On 14 April, the boat entered Bergen to resupply from the training ship Bremse.
U-9's position on 20 Apr 1940
Ships hit by U-9 on this date
General Events during this patrol
1940
20 Apr 1940. On 20 April 1940 the boat fired torpedoes at the Polish destroyer ORP Blyskawica, which missed.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.