D3
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | D |
| Fate: | Erroneously sunk when mistaken for a U-boat on the 12th March 1918 by a French airship while in the Channel. |
D3
Lt Cdr B. L. Johnson, RNR, CO from 19 Apr 1916 to 21 Nov 1917
Lt. Wm. McKinstry Maitland-Dougall, RCN, CO from 22 Nov 1917 to 12 Mar 1918.
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| The loss of the D3 was a tragedy in itself, due to the circumstances and the fact that it was close to the end of WW1. | |
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Aspinall, Paul John | Leading Signalman | J 11940 | 23 | |
| Benham, Thomas William | Stoker 1st Class | K 18225 | 24 | |
| Coombs, Daniel | Leading Seaman | 232480 | 29 | |
| Cozens, James | Stoker 1st Class | K 13367 | 26 | |
| Dawes, Arthur | Able Seaman | J 71067 | 21 | |
| RN DoB 27/01/1897. Actual 27/01/1896 | ||||
| Evans, John Conde | Able Seaman | J 27873 | 20 | |
| Fisher, George Edward | Stoker 1st Class | K 14432 | 24 | |
| Gardner, Harry Raymond | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | M 2600 | 22 | |
| Hall, Alfred Atkinson | Temporary Lieutenant (RNR) | 25 | ||
| Harrington, Charles Thomas | Stoker 1st Class | K 22388 | 22 | |
| RN DoB 05/05/1895. Actual 05/05/1894 | ||||
| Johnson, Robert | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | M 11024 | 25 | |
| Larby, Charles Ernest | Able Seaman | J 17309 | 22 | |
| Lister, Albert Samuel | Petty Officer | J3573 | 25 | |
| Maitland-Dougall, William McKinstry | Lieutenant (RCN) | 23 | ||
| Commanding Officer | ||||
| Marshall, Edwin Harold | Leading Stoker | K 5747 | 28 | |
| Mitchell, Walter John | Able Seaman | 236832 | 29 | |
| Osborn, William Charles | Petty Officer | 163372 | 41 | |
| RN DoB 08/10/1876. Actual 08/10/1874 | ||||
| Pilkington, Ernest | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | M 12624 | 29 | |
| Powell, Henry William | Able Seaman | J 9374 | 24 | |
| Powell, John | Stoker Petty Officer | 307881 | 31 | |
| RN DoB 29/05/1886. Actual 29/11/1887 | ||||
| Sanger, George James Thomas | Ordinary Telegraphist | J 42592 | 18 | |
| Stringer, Albert Edward | Stoker 1st Class | K 14251 | 25 | |
| RN DoB 29/05/1886 actual 29/05/1887 | ||||
| Turbett, Richard | Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | 270690 | 36 | |
| Walcott, Robert Henry Hinds | Able Seaman | SS 6939 | 20 | |
| Ward, Arnold Robert | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | M 10906 | 29 | |
| Whorton, Ebenezer | Leading Seaman | 237619 | 28 | |
| Willett, Alexander George | Leading Stoker | K 15935 | 24 | |
| Wingfield-Stratford, Esme John Richard | Lieutenant | 21 | ||
| Yeates, Frederick William | Stoker 1st Class | K 23427 | 24 | |
| RN DoB 03/02/1894. Actual 03/08/1893 | ||||
Events
| 15-03-1910 : | Laid Down |
| 17-10-1910 : | Launched |
| 30-08-1911 : | Completed |
| 12-03-1918 : | D3 was sunk in error in Channel by a French airship D3 left Gosport on 7th March 1918 for an anti-submarine patrol in the English Channel. Little is known of her patrol movements but it is believed that a submarine spotted by a Royal Naval Air Service airship on the 11th was D3. On the 12th March the French airship AT-0 was patrolling when at 1420 a vessel was spotted to her north east. The airship drew close for recognition purposes and according to her commander, the submarine fired rockets at her. Four 52-kilo bombs were dropped by the airship. The submarine disappeared but several minutes later men were seen in the water. Attempts were made by the airship to rescue the men but it proved too difficult. The airship withdrew to seek help but all the men had drowned by the time it arrived. It is clear that D3 was the victim of a serious identification error on the part of the French airship, with identification rockets being mistaken for aggressive gunfire. |
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