SM U-3 (Germany)

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-3.

History
SM U-3 in the Harbour of Kiel (second boat right)
German Empire
Name:	U 3
Ordered:	13 August 1907^[1]
Builder:	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig^[1]
Cost:	1,629,000 Goldmark
Yard number:	DU 2
Launched:	27 March 1909^[1]
Commissioned:	29 May 1909^[1]
Fate:	Surrendered on 1 December 1918. Sank on the way to be broken up at Preston.
General characteristics ^[2]
Type:	German Type U 3 submarine
Displacement:	421 t (414 long tons) surfaced 510 t (500 long tons) submerged
Length:	51.28 m (168 ft 3 in) (o/a) 45.00 m (147 ft 8 in) (pressure hull)
Beam:	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught:	3.05 m (10 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 600 PS (440 kW; 590 shp) 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motors with 1,030 PS (760 kW; 1,020 shp) 550 rpm surfaced 600 rpm submerged
Speed:	11.8 knots (21.9 km/h; 13.6 mph) surfaced 9.4 knots (17.4 km/h; 10.8 mph) submerged
Range:	1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Test depth:	30 m (98 ft)
Boats & landing craft carried:	1 dingi
Complement:	3 officers, 19 men
Armament:	4 × torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 stern) 6 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedoes 1 × 5 cm (2.0 in) SK L/40 gun (from 1915)

Service record
Part of	Imperial German Navy
Operations	0 patrols
Victories	No ships sunk or damaged

SM U-3 was the third German U-Boat created by the German Empire in their history, and the first of two submarines in its class. The boat was built by Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and was launched on 27 March 1909. U-3 began its career in World War I as a training boat from 1 August 1914 to 11 November 1918. On 1 December 1918, the surrendered boat was being towed to Preston to be broken up when it sank. Unlike the first two U-boat designs, the third design was fitted with a 5 cm (2.0 in) SK L/40 deck gun.

Citations

1 2 3 4 Rössler, p. 15.
↑ Gröner 1991, pp. 4-6.

References

Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel (London: Conway Maritime Press). ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
Rössler, Eberhard (1985). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkriegs, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935-1945. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften (in German) I (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.

External links

Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 3". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 August 2009.

German naval ship classes of World War I

Dreadnought battleships	Nassau Helgoland Kaiser König Bayern L 20 α^X

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brandenburg Kaiser Friedrich III Wittelsbach Braunschweig Deutschland

Battlecruisers	SMS Von der Tann^S Moltke SMS Seydlitz^S Derfflinger Mackensen^X Ersatz Yorck^X

Armored cruisers	SMS Fürst Bismarck^S SMS Prinz Heinrich^S Prinz Adalbert Roon Scharnhorst SMS Blücher^S

Light cruisers	SMS Hela^S Gazelle Bremen Königsberg Dresden Nautilus Kolberg Magdeburg Karlsruhe Graudenz Pillau Wiesbaden Königsberg Brummer Cöln FK proposals^X

Protected cruisers	SMS Kaiserin Augusta^S Victoria Louise

Large torpedo boats	1898 1906 1911 1913 1914 1916 1916 1917 1918^X

Aircraft carriers	"I"^X

U-boats	U 1 U 2 U 3 U 5 U 9 U 13 U 16 U 17 U 19 U 23 U 27 U 31 U 43 U 51 U 57 U 63 U 66 U 81 U 87 U 93 U 115^X U 127 U 139 U 142 U 151 UA UB I UB II UB III UC I UC II UC III UD 1^X UE I UE II UF^X UG^X

S Single ship of class X Cancelled V Conversions See also: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy

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SM U-3 (Germany)

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