German submarine U-80 (1941)
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-80.
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-80 |
| Ordered: | 25 January 1939[1] |
| Builder: | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Yard number: | 8[1] |
| Laid down: | 17 April 1940[1] |
| Launched: | 11 February 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 8 April 1941[1] |
| Fate: | Sunk on 28 November 1944, in a diving accident[2] |
| General characteristics [3][4] | |
| Class and type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: | 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × supercharged MAN 6-cylinder 4-stroke M 6 V 40/46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × BBC electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296 |
| Speed: | 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
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| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
1st U-boat Flotilla (8 April 1941–30 April 1941) 26th U-boat Flotilla (1 May 1941–31 March 1942) 24th U-boat Flotilla (1 April 1942–31 August 1943) 23rd U-boat Flotilla (1 September1943–30 November 1943) 21st U-boat Flotilla (1 December 1943–28 November 1944) |
| Commanders: |
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| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-80 was a Type VIIC submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Bremer Vulkan Vegesacker Werft in Bremen as yard number 8 on 17 April 1940, launched on 11 February 1941 and commissioned on 8 April under Oberleutnant zur See Georg Staats.
U-80 spent her career as a training boat, first with the 1st U-boat Flotilla, then the 26th, 24th, 23rd and 21st flotillas. She sank or damaged no ships, but was herself sunk in a diving accident west of Pillau (now Baltiysk in modern Russia), on 28 November 1944.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "U-80 Type VIIC". ubootwaffe.net. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-80". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 72-74.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Type VIIC". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German) IV (Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler). ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-80". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 80". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
Coordinates: 54°25′00″N 19°50′00″E / 54.4167°N 19.8333°E