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Friday 24 April 2015

Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O 3 launched according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwsblad van het Noorden dated 30 July 1912


An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 30th reported that the same afternoon at the shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde at Vlissingen, Netherlands the Dutch submarine III was launched for account of the department of navy. She was similar to the submarine II in 1911 built at the same shipyard.(1)

Note
1. The O3, ordered on 18 March 1910, laid down at the shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde at Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 138 on 31 December 1910, in the thrushes in June 1911, plating fitted in December 1911, launched on 30 July 1912, trial on 22 October 1912, delivered on 11 Februay 1913 and sold to be broken up in May 1933. Whitehead-Hay design.