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German submarine U-3 was a Type IIA U-boat laid down at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel on 11 February 1935 as yard number 238. She was commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 6 August 1936 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See (Oblt.z.S.) Hans Meckel. [2]
The double-hulled submarine was just under 139 feet (42 m) long and displaced between 240 and 300 tonnes (260 and 330 short tons), depending on whether surfaced or submerged. The design of the submarine had poor diving qualities and several modifications to U-3 ' s diving planes and fins occurred in her first years in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
Each submarine had two bow 45-centimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes, and was designed to carry up to three torpedoes. [ 1 ] U-3 and U-4 were both laid down on 12 March 1907 at Germaniawerft in Kiel and were launched in August and November 1908, respectively.
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.
SM UC-3, a Type UC I submarine launched in 1915 and sunk on 27 May 1916; German submarine U-3 (1935), a Type IIA submarine that served in the Second World War and was scrapped in 1945; German submarine U-3 (S182), a Type 201 submarine of the Bundesmarine that was launched in 1964; loaned out to Royal Norwegian Navy from 1964 to 1966; later ...
That analysis led [1] to four goals—increasing the submarines' battery capacity, streamlining the boats' structures, adding snorkels, and improving fire control systems. The navy immediately focused on designing a new class of submarine, but the Bureau of Ships believed the fleet of existing Gato , Balao , and Tench -class submarines could be ...
Prototype "fleet submarines"—submarines fast enough (21 knots (11 m/s)) to travel with battleships. Twice the size of any concurrent or past U.S. submarine. A poor tandem engine design caused the boats to be decommissioned by 1923 and scrapped in 1930.
English: Comparison of most common and largest WW2 submarines: German Type VII submarine, US Gato class submarine, Japanese i-400 class submarine, Typhoon class submarine. Date 15 January 2012