HMS F3
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS F3 |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1914 |
| Launched: | 9 February 1916 |
| Fate: | Broken up, Portsmouth Dockyard 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | F class submarine |
| Displacement: | 353 long tons (359 t) surfaced 525 long tons (533 t) submerged |
| Length: | 151 ft (46.0 m) |
| Beam: | 16 ft 1.25 in (4.91 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesels, 2 electric motors, 900bhp/400shp |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) surfaced 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement: | 19 |
| Armament: | • 3 × 18 in (45 cm) torpedo tubes (2 bow/1 stern), 6 torpedoes • 1 × 2-pounder deck gun |
HMS F3 was a British F class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at John I. Thornycroft & Company, laid down 12 October 1914 and launched 9 February 1916.
F3 was broken up in Portsmouth in 1920.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.