SM U-3 in the Harbour of Kiel (second boat right) History German Empire Name: U 3 Ordered: 13 August 1907[1] Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig[1] Cost: 1,629,000 Goldmark Yard number: DU 2 Launched: 27 March 1909[1] Commissioned: 29 May 1909[1] Fate: Surrendered on 1 December 1918. Sank on the way to be broken up at Preston.