HNLMS O 3

O 3
History
Name: O 3
Builder: De Schelde, Flushing
Laid down: 31 December 1910
Launched: 30 July 1912
Commissioned: 11 February 1913
Decommissioned: 1932
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: O 2-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 134 tons
  • 149 tons
Length: 32.13 m (105 ft 5 in)
Beam: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Draught: 2.73 m (8 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced
  • 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) on the surface
  • 35 nmi (65 km; 40 mi) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Complement: 10
Armament: 2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes

O 3 was a O 2 class patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing.

Service history

The submarine was ordered on 18 March 1910 and 31 December that year the O 3 was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde . The launch took place on 30 July 1912 later in the autumn that year trials where held.[2]

Commissioning in the navy is delayed by a battery explosion during the trials on 1 November 1912. On 11 February 1913 the ship is finally commissioned. During World War I the ship was based in Flushing.[2]

The Dutch queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands makes a visit to the ship in Den Helder on 13 September 1914. The visit includes a dive off the coast of Den Helder.[2]

In 1932 the O 3 was decommissioned.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The O 2 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 3". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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