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{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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|Ship image= HMS K3 IWM SP 1664.jpg
|Ship caption=Passing the surrendered battleships of the German Grand Fleet, between November 1918 and June 1919
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag=[[File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px|RN Ensign]]
|Ship name= HMS ''K3''
|Ship builder=[[Vickers]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]]
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|Ship laid down=  21 May 1915
|Ship launched= 20 May 1916
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|Ship commissioned= 4 August 1916
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|Ship fate=Sold for scrapping 26 October 1921
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|Ship class=[[British K class submarine|K class]] [[submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1980|LT|t}} surfaced
*{{convert|2566|LT|t}} submerged
|Ship length={{convert|339|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|26|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|20|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × Brown-Curtis or Parsons geared [[steam turbine]]s, 10,500 shp (7.8 MW) each
*2 × Oil-fired Yarrow boilers
*4 × [[Electric motor]]s, 1,440 hp (1070 kW) each
*1 × [[Vickers]] [[diesel generator]] for charging [[battery (electricity)|batteries]] on the surface, 800 hp (600 kW)
*2 × 3-blade {{convert|7|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} diameter screws
|Ship speed=*{{convert|24|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|8|kn|mph km/h}} submerged
|Ship range=*Surfaced:
*{{convert|800|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|24|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
*{{convert|12500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
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*{{convert|40|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement=59 (6 officers and 53 ratings)
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|Ship armament=*8 × [[British 18 inch torpedo|18 inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s, (4 beam, 4 bow), 8 spare torpedoes
*2 × 18 inch torpedo tubes fitted on deck, later removed
*2 × {{convert|4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns
*1 × {{convert|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} gun
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'''HMS ''K3''''' was the lead ship of the [[British K-class submarine]]s. She was laid down on 21 May 1915 by [[Vickers]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]]. She was commissioned on 4 August 1916.
In December 1916, ''K3'', with the future [[George VI|King George VI]] aboard,
uncontrollably dived. The ship plunged to 150 feet with the stern and propellers raised above the waves. It took twenty minutes to free the ship from the sea bed mud and surface successfully.
On 9 January 1917, ''K3''’s boiler room was flooded in the [[North Sea]]. ''K3'' was involved in an accident with the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron, that led to the sinking of {{HMS|K1||2}}, in November 1917. ''K3'' was also involved in the "[[Battle of May Island]]" in 1918. On 2 May 1918, ''K3'' yet again uncontrollably dived to 266 feet which crushed part of the hull.
''K3'' was sold on 26 October 1921 to the Barking Ship Breaking Company for scrapping in London.
==References==
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* {{cite book |last= Hutchinson |first= Robert |title= Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day }}
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