K3
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | K1-class Gunboat |
Planned Builder | H. C. Stülcken Sohn |
Planned Yard Number | 749 |
Ordered | 11 Nov 1938 |
Projected Keel Laying | 23 Apr 1940 |
Projected Launch | 24 Apr 1941 |
Projected Completion | 15 Jan 1942 |
Displacement | 1,390 tons standard; 1,890 tons full |
Length | 271 feet |
Beam | 37 feet |
Draft | 11 feet |
Machinery | Two 4-cylinder triple expansion diesel engines, 2 shafts |
Bunkerage | 176t fuel oil |
Power Output | 4,600 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 18 knots |
Range | 3,000nm at 12 knots |
Armament | 2x2x10.5cm L/65 guns, 2x3.7cm L/83 anti-aircraft guns, 4x heavy machine guns |
Canceled | 19 Sep 1939 |
Watertight Compartments | 11 |
Boats | 2 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
This article refers to a planned ship that was not actually built.
ww2dbaseK3 was a planned German Navy gunboat that was ordered in Nov 1938 and was supposed to enter service in early 1942. 19 days after the start of the European War, prior to the keel laying, change in production priorities led to the entire class of four gunboats being canceled.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia
Last Major Revision: Aug 2022
K3 Operational Timeline
11 Nov 1938 | The construction for gunboat K3 was issued at the cost of 6,000,000 Reichsmarks. |
19 Sep 1939 | The order for gunboat K3 was canceled prior to keel laying. |
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