WWI U-boat Types


Type U 3

Gasoline-powered boats class


Construction history of type U 3

U-boats# ShipyardWerk #Built during
U 3 - U 42Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig2- 31907 - 1909

All U-boats of type U 3

Below are the 2 commissioned U-boats of this type.

U 3 and U 4

Technical information for type U 3

Displacement:
(tons)
421 (sf)
510 (sm)
(total)
Length: (m)51,28 oa
45,00 ph
Beam: (m)5,60 oa
3,40 ph
Draught: (draft)3,05 m
Height:6,98 m
Power: (hp)600 (sf)
1030 (sm)
Speed:
(knots)
11,8 (sf)
9,4 (sm)
Range:
(miles / knots)
3000/9 (sf)
55/4.5 (sm)
Torpedoes:6
2/2 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:No mines carried
Deck gun:105mm
300 rounds
Crew:35 men
Max depth:ca. 50 m
(164 feet)
sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.