H.M.S. M 3 (1918)

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H.M.S. M 3 (1918)
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[1]
Ordered: Aug, 1916[2]
Launched: 19 Oct, 1918[3]
Sold: Feb, 1932[4]

H.M.S. M 3 was one of three monitor submarines of the "M" class completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In late 1920, submarines M 1, M 2 and M 3 were allocated to submarine reserve group "C" at Portsmouth, under the collective command of Commander Hubert Vaughan-Jones and tender to Dolphin.[5]

Reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 15 October, 1926.[6]

M 3 was converted to a minelaying submarine in 1927. She had a capacity for 100 mines.

Completed to full complement on 8 October, 1928. By mid-1931, however, she had only a Lieutenant (E) assigned to her.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  2. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 804.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 804.
  9. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  10. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  11. Mayers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/679. f. 680.
  12. Mayers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/679. f. 680.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 252.
  14. Mayers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/679. f. 680.
  15. Mayers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/679. f. 680.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.

Bibliography


"M" Class Submarine
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