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O 3 was a O 2 class patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing.
O 3 | |
History | |
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Name | O 3 |
Builder | De Schelde |
Laid down | 31 December 1910 |
Launched | 30 July 1912 |
Commissioned | 11 February 1913 |
Decommissioned | 1932 |
Fate | Decommissioned 1932 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | O 2-class submarine |
Displacement |
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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 |
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Range | |
Complement | 10 |
Armament | 2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes |
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 were 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 was 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]
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