SM U-80

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For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-80.
Career (German Empire)
Name: U-80
Ordered: 9 March 1915
Builder: AG Vulkan, Hamburg (yard number 62)
Launched: 22 April 1916
Commissioned: 6 June 1916
Fate: 16 Jan 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Swansea in 1922.[1]
General characteristics
Class & type: German Type UE I submarine
Displacement: 755 tonnes (743 long tons) surfaced
832 tonnes (819 long tons) submerged
[2]
Length: 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) (overall)[2]
46.66 m (153 ft 1 in) pressure hull[3]
Beam: 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) (overall)[2]
5 m (16 ft 5 in) pressure hull[3]
Height: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)[3]
Draught: 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)[2]
Propulsion: 900 hp (670 kW) surfaced
660 kW (890 hp) submerged[2]
Speed: 9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph) surfaced
7.9 knots (14.6 km/h; 9.1 mph) submerged[2]
Range: 7,880 nmi (14,590 km; 9,070 mi) at 7 kn surfaced 83 nmi (154 km; 96 mi) at 4 kn submerged
Complement: 32 men[2]
Armament: One 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes forward and one 50 cm torpedo tubes aft with two torpedoes[4]
plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun
two minelaying tubes for 38 mines[2]
Service record
Part of: Imperial German Navy
Commanders: Alfred von Glasenapp
6 Jun 1916 - 31 Jul 1917

Kptlt. Gustav Amberger
1 Aug 1917 - 30 Oct 1917

Karl Scherb
31 Oct 1917 - 22 Dec 1917

Karl Koopmann
23 Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918
Operations:

17 patrols
27 Aug 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 I Flotilla

25 ships sunk for a total of 48,880 tons. 4 ships damaged for a total of 35,608 tons.

1 ship sunk for a total of 1,025 tons.[1]

SM U-80 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-80 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

U-80 is credited for sinking the Laurentic, the 24th largest ship sunk in World War I by uboats, at 14,892 tons. She struck two mines laid by U-80 off Malin Head, and sank within one hour. She went down with 345 casualties, and 35 tons of gold ingots.

She is also credited with damaging the 6th largest ship, the Celtic, at 30,904 tons, 15 Feb 1917 at 53.57N, 04.40W. Celtic would be torpedoed later in the war by SM UB-77, she was beached and later salvaged.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Uboat.net U-80
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Encyclopedia of U-boats (2004), London:Greenhill Books, ISBN 1-85367-623-3, p.32
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Type UE 1 UE ocean minelayers class
  4. ↑ Fitzsimons, Bernard. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Vol. 23, p.2536.
  5. ↑ Uboat.net
  • List of German U-boats
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