HNLMS O 3
# HNLMS O 3

O 3 was a O 2 class patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing.

## Service history

The submarine was ordered on 18 March 1910 and 31 December that year the O 3 was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 30 July 1912; later in the autumn that year trials were held.

Commissioning in the navy is delayed by a battery explosion during the trials on 1 November 1912. On 11 February 1913, the ship was finally commissioned. During World War I the ship was based in Flushing.

The Dutch queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands makes a visit to the ship in Den Helder on 13 September 1914. The visit includes a dive off the coast of Den Helder.

In 1932 the O 3 was decommissioned.

