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 , the 24th largest ship sunk in World War I by U-boats, at . 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. U-80 is also credited with damaging the 6th largest ship, the , at , 15 February 1917 at . Celtic would be torpedoed later in the war by , but was beached and later salvaged.
U-80 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 16 January 1919 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She was sold by the British Admiralty to George Cohen on 3 March 1919 for £2,300 (excluding engines), and was broken up at Swansea.
Design Type UE I submarines were preceded by the longer Type U 66 submarines. U-80 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two engines for use while surfaced, and two engines for use while submerged. She had two propeller shafts. She was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . U-80 was fitted with two torpedo tubes (one at the port bow and one starboard stern), four torpedoes, and one SK L/30 deck gun. She had a complement of thirty-two (twenty-eight crew members and four officers).
Summary of raiding history DateNameNationalityTonnageMerchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.Fate 4 November 1916Skerries4,278Sunk18 December 1916Opal599Sunk19 December 1916Liverpool686Sunk25 January 1917HMS Laurentic14,892Sunk15 February 191720,904Damaged1 March 1917HMS Pheasant1,025Sunk3 March 1917Hermes785Sunk10 March 1917San Eduardo6,225Damaged16 March 1917HMS Motagua5,977Damaged17 April 1917Gisella2,502Damaged7 May 1917H. H. Petersen192Sunk7 May 1917Sophie237Sunk9 May 1917Hans Broge1,432Sunk11 May 1917Anna Alwina364Sunk11 May 1917Calchas6,748Sunk21 May 1917HMT Senator211Sunk1 July 1917Don Emilio3,651Sunk15 August 1917Hylas4,240Sunk16 August 1917Caroline Kock316Sunk20 August 1917HMT Kirkland224Sunk25 August 1917Junona3,462Sunk6 September 1917Tuskar1,159Sunk17 December 1917Neptune50Sunk19 December 1917Arno1,386Sunk23 April 1918HMT Plethos210Sunk1 May 1918HMS Blackmorevale750Sunk5 June 1918Anton1,036Sunk29 June 1918Midtsjö185Sunk3 July 1918Gripen1,191Sunk3 July 1918P. C. Peterson673Sunk11 October 1918Helvetia673Sunk
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