UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-80. | |
History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | UB-80 |
Ordered | 23 September 1916 [1] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Cost | 3,341,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 280 |
Laid down | 12 May 1917 [2] |
Launched | 4 August 1917 [3] |
Commissioned | 8 September 1917 [3] |
Fate | Surrendered 26 November 1918 [3] |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men [3] |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | 10 patrols |
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SM UB-80 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German : Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 8 September 1917 as SM UB-80. [Note 1]
UB-80 was surrendered to Italy in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany on 26 November 1918 and broken up at La Spezia in May 1919. [3]
She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 4 August 1917. UB-80 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Max Viebeg. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-80 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-80 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,180 nautical miles (15,150 km; 9,410 mi). UB-80 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 647 t (637 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 2] | Fate [5] |
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26 November 1917 | Ango | France | 7,393 | Damaged |
27 November 1917 | Bleamoor | United Kingdom | 3,755 | Sunk |
30 November 1917 | Kalibia | United Kingdom | 4,930 | Sunk |
4 December 1917 | Vav | Norway | 1,255 | Sunk |
5 December 1917 | Armenia | United States | 5,463 | Damaged |
11 January 1918 | Barsac | France | 1,806 | Sunk |
11 January 1918 | Mississippi | France | 6,687 | Damaged |
14 January 1918 | Arthur Capel | France | 822 | Sunk |
17 January 1918 | Kingsdyke | United Kingdom | 1,710 | Sunk |
17 January 1918 | War Thistle | United Kingdom | 5,166 | Damaged |
4 March 1918 | Polkerris | France | 943 | Sunk |
5 March 1918 | Uskmoor | United Kingdom | 3,189 | Sunk |
7 March 1918 | Martha | Belgium | 653 | Sunk |
9 March 1918 | Grane | Norway | 1,122 | Sunk |
15 April 1918 | Ailsa Craig | United Kingdom | 601 | Sunk |
16 April 1918 | George Harper | United Kingdom | 1,613 | Damaged |
18 April 1918 | Bamse | United Kingdom | 958 | Sunk |
21 April 1918 | Westergate | United Kingdom | 1,760 | Sunk |
25 April 1918 | Sevilla | Norway | 1,318 | Sunk |
7 June 1918 | Axpe Mendi | Spain | 2,873 | Sunk |
10 June 1918 | Stryn | United Kingdom | 2,143 | Sunk |
11 June 1918 | Boma | United Kingdom | 2,694 | Sunk |
30 July 1918 | HMS Stock Force | Royal Navy | 732 | Sunk |
6 September 1918 | Audax | United Kingdom | 975 | Sunk |
9 September 1918 | Taurus | Norway | 1,239 | Sunk |
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