German submarine U-3 (1935)
Service
- as U-36 September 1935 — 1 August 19441,796 days of the war
- Name
- U-3
- Pennant / hull number
- 1935
- Builder
- Deutsche Werke, Kiel
- Ordered
- 2 February 1935
- Laid down
- 11 February 1935
- Launched
- 19 July 1935
- Commissioned
- 6 September 1935
- Struck
- 1 August 1944
- Fate
- Stricken, 1 August 1944. Scrapped 1945 (1944)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 375 long tons (381 t)
- Displacement, surfaced
- 250 long tons (254 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 298 long tons (303 t)
- Length
- 40.9 m (134.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 4.08 m (13.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.83 m (12.6 ft)
- Speed
- 13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
- Range
- 1,050 nmi (1,945 km)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
U-3 was a Type IIA coastal submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1935. Deutsche Werke, Kiel laid her keel on 11 February 1935. She entered service on 6 September 1935, having been launched on 19 July 1935.
50 ships of the class were built. The class followed the CV 707-type submarine and was succeeded by the Planned:.
The boat displaced 250 long tons surfaced and 298 long tons submerged. She measured 40.9 m (134 ft) long with a beam of 4.1 m (13 ft). Her designed speed was 13 knots, and she carried a complement of 25.
Her main battery was one 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,796 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1944.
She was broken up for scrap on 1 August 1944.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × propeller shafts
- 2 × 0.85 m three-bladed propellers
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × double-acting electric motors
- Power
- 700 PS (diesels)
- 360 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines
- 1 × 2 cm anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1 (1935)
- German submarine U-10 (1935)
- German submarine U-11 (1935)
- German submarine U-12 (1935)
- German submarine U-120 (1940)
- German submarine U-121 (1940)
- German submarine U-13 (1935)
- German submarine U-137 (1940)
- German submarine U-138 (1940)
- German submarine U-139 (1940)
- German submarine U-14 (1935)
- German submarine U-140 (1940)
- German submarine U-141 (1940)
- German submarine U-142 (1940)
- German submarine U-143 (1940)
- German submarine U-144 (1940)
- German submarine U-145 (1940)
- German submarine U-146 (1940)
- German submarine U-147 (1940)
- German submarine U-148 (1940)
- German submarine U-149 (1940)
- German submarine U-15 (1936)
- German submarine U-150 (1940)
- German submarine U-151 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-3 (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.navyphotos.co.uk — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons