SM U-80
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 and 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 I Flotilla 27 Aug 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Alfred von Glasenapp[5] 6 Jun 1916 - 31 Jul 1917 Kptlt Gustav Amberger[6] 1 Aug 1917 - 30 Oct 1917 Kptlt Karl Scherb[7] 31 Oct 1917 - 22 Dec 1917 Kptlt Karl Koopmann[8] 23 Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 17 patrols |
| Victories: |
25 ships sunk 48,880 GRT 4 ships damaged 35,608 GRT 1 warship sunk (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 GRT. 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 GRT, 15 Feb 1917 at 53°57′N 04°40′W / 53.950°N 4.667°W. Celtic would be torpedoed later in the war by UB-77, she was beached and later salvaged.[9]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 November 1917 | Skerries |  United Kingdom |
4,278 | Sunk |
| 18 December 1917 | Opal | United Kingdom |
599 | Sunk |
| 19 December 1917 | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
686 | Sunk |
| 25 January 1917 | Laurentic |  Royal Navy |
14,892 | Sunk |
| 15 February 1917 | Celtic | United Kingdom |
20,904 | Damaged |
| 1 March 1917 | HMS Pheasant | Royal Navy |
1,025 | Sunk |
| 3 March 1917 | Hermes |  Norway |
785 | Sunk |
| 10 March 1917 | San Eduardo | United Kingdom |
6,225 | Damaged |
| 16 March 1917 | Motagua | Royal Navy |
5,977 | Damaged |
| 17 April 1917 | Gisella | United Kingdom |
2,502 | Damaged |
| 7 May 1917 | H. H. Petersen |  Denmark |
192 | Sunk |
| 7 May 1917 | Sophie | Denmark |
237 | Sunk |
| 9 May 1917 | Hans Broge | Denmark |
1,432 | Sunk |
| 11 May 1917 | Anna Alwina |  Russian Empire |
364 | Sunk |
| 11 May 1917 | Calchas | United Kingdom |
6,748 | Sunk |
| 21 May 1917 | HMT Senator | Royal Navy |
211 | Sunk |
| 1 July 1917 | Don Emilio | United Kingdom |
3,651 | Sunk |
| 15 August 1917 | Hylas | United Kingdom |
4,240 | Sunk |
| 16 August 1917 | Caroline Kock | Denmark |
316 | Sunk |
| 20 August 1917 | HMT Kirkland | Royal Navy |
224 | Sunk |
| 25 August 1917 | Junona | Russian Empire |
3,462 | Sunk |
| 6 September 1917 | Tuskar | United Kingdom |
1,159 | Sunk |
| 17 December 1917 | Neptune | United Kingdom |
50 | Sunk |
| 19 December 1917 | Arno | Denmark |
1,386 | Sunk |
| 23 April 1918 | HMT Plethos | Royal Navy |
210 | Sunk |
| 5 June 1918 | Anton |  Sweden |
1,036 | Sunk |
| 29 June 1918 | Midtsjö | Norway |
185 | Sunk |
| 3 July 1918 | Gripen | Sweden |
1,191 | Sunk |
| 3 July 1918 | P. C. Peterson | Norway |
673 | Sunk |
| 9 September 1918 | Helvetia | Norway |
673 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Uboat.net U-80
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Type UE 1 UE ocean minelayers class
- ↑ Fitzsimons, Bernard. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Vol. 23, p.2536.
- ↑ "Alfred von Glasenapp (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "Gustav Amberger". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "Karl Scherb". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "Karl Koopmann". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "U-80". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "SM U-80 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 20 January 2015.