Spanish submarine C-3

C-3 alongside Submarine Rescue Vessel Kanguro
History
Spain
NameC-3
Ordered17 February 1915
BuilderSECN, Cartagena, Spain
Launched20 February 1929
Commissioned4 May 1929
Decommissioned31 July 1941
FateSunk 12 December 1936
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 925 t surfaced
  • 1,144 t submerged
Length73 meters
Beam6.3 meters
Draft5.3 meters
Propulsion
  • 2 Vickers main diesels, 1,000 CV each
  • 2 electric motors, 375 CV each
  • 2 shafts
Speed
  • 16.5 knots surfaced
  • 8.5 knots submerged
Range
  • 6,800 nm at 10 knots surfaced
  • 150 nm at 4.5 knots submerged
Complement40
Armament

C-3 was a C-class submarine of the Spanish Republican Navy. C-3 was built by Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval (SECN) in Cartagena, Spain, launched 20 February 1929, and commissioned on 4 May 1929. She took part in the Spanish Civil War on the government side before being sunk by the German submarine U-34 on 12 December 1936.


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