HMS J3

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS J3
BuilderHM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock
Launched4 December 1915
FateTransferred to Australia, 25 March 1919
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgAustralia
NameHMAS J3
Acquired25 March 1919
Decommissioned12 July 1922
FateSunk 1926
General characteristics
Class and type British J class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,210 long tons (1,230 t) (surfaced)
  • 1,820 long tons (1,850 t) (submerged)
Length275 ft (84 m)
Beam22 ft (6.7 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion
  • Three shafts
  • Surfaced: three 12-cylinder diesel engines
  • Submerged: battery-driven electric motors
Speed
  • 19  kn (35 km/h; 22 mph) (surfaced)
  • 9.5 kn (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Test depth300 ft (91 m) max[ citation needed ]
Complement44 personnel
Armament

HMS J3 (later HMAS J3) was a J-class submarine operated by the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy.

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Design and construction

The J class was designed by the Royal Navy in response to reported German submarines with surface speeds over 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). [1] They had a displacement of 1,210 tons surfaced, and 1,820 tons submerged. [1] Each submarine was 275 feet (84 m) in length overall, with a beam of 22 feet (6.7 m), and a draught of 14 feet (4.3 m). [1] The propulsion system was built around three propeller shafts; the J-class were the only triple-screwed submarines ever built by the British. [1] Propulsion came from three 12-cylinder diesel motors when on the surface, and electric motors when submerged. [1] Top speed was 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) on the surface (the fastest submarines in the world at the time of construction), and 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) underwater. [1] Range was 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). [1]

Armament consisted of six 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, one on each beam), plus a 4-inch deck gun. [1] Originally, the gun was mounted on a breastwork fitted forward of the conning tower, but the breastwork was later extended to the bow and merged into the hull for streamlining, and the gun was relocated to a platform fitted to the front of the conning tower. [1] 44 personnel were aboard. [1]

J3 was built for the Royal Navy by HM Dockyard at Pembroke Dock in Wales and launched on 4 December 1915. [2]

Operational history

After the war, the British Admiralty decided that the best way to protect the Pacific region was with a force of submarines and cruisers. [1] To this end, they offered the six surviving submarines of the J-class to the Royal Australian Navy as gifts. [1] J1 and her sisters were commissioned into the RAN in April 1919, and sailed for Australia on 9 April, in the company of the cruisers Sydney and Brisbane, and the tender Platypus. [1] The flotilla reached Thursday Island on 29 June, and Sydney on 10 July. [1] Because of the submarines' condition after the long voyage, they were immediately taken out of service for refits. [1]

Apart from local exercises and a 1921 visit to Tasmania, the submarines saw little use, and by June 1922, the cost of maintaining the boats and deteriorating economic conditions saw the six submarines decommissioned and marked for disposal. [1]

Fate

The submarine was paid off on 12 July 1922. J3 was sold in April 1924 and scuttled off Swan Island in Port Phillip at 38°14′39″S144°42′11″E / 38.244075°S 144.70305°E / -38.244075; 144.70305 in 1926. [3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bastock, Australia's Ships of War, p. 86
  2. ↑ "HMAS J3". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Milowka, Agnes, Victoria's J Class Submarines, archived from the original on 7 July 2011

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