Find boats for sale in Monterey, California. Offering the best selection of boats to choose from. O'Day boats for sale on Boat Trader are offered at a swath of prices, valued from $1,500 on the moderate end all the way up to $55,000 for the biggest, most advanced boats. Higher performance models can accommodate motors up to 44 horsepower, while the more modest more functional models may have as modest as 8 horsepower engines (although the. Boat Salvage yards operate in a variety of ways. Many charge to take boats away or will pay cash for the boat depending on condition, value etc. They can scrap the boat by removing all the useful hardware and the dispose of the hull, or they may sell the boat on.
Type | IIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 2 Feb 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 11 Feb 1935 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 238) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 19 Jul 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 6 Aug 1935 | Oblt. Hans Meckel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commanders |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career 5 patrols |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 2,348 GRT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Decommissioned 1 August 1944 in Neustadt and cannibalized for spare parts. On 3 May 1945 hulk captured by British forces at Neustadt and broken up. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See the 2 ships hit by U-3 - View the 5 war patrols
Attacks on this boat and other events
16 Apr 1940
The British submarine HMS Porpoise fired six torpedoes at U-3 about 10 miles southwest of Egersund, Norway and heard a detonation, which was in fact a G7a torpedo fired at HMS Porpoise by the U-boat which had missed and detonated at the end of its run.It was believed for many years that Porpoise had sunk U-1. U-3 escaped unscathed.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-3 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 3 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
Boats Ii Zip Codes
The Olympic Rings - Crew 36 | Crew X/39 | Hearts and Torpedo |
Media links
|
|
|
Boats Ii Zip Code
There was another U-3 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 27 Mar 1909 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 29 May 1909. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 3 during WWI.
As an Amazon Associate uboat.net earns a commission from qualifying purchases.