Type | VIIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 25 Jan 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 17 Apr 1940 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Launched | 11 Feb 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 8 Apr 1941 | Oblt. Georg Staats (Knights Cross) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career No patrols |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Sank on 28 November 1944 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau, in position 54.40N, 19.30E, in a diving accident. 50 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-80 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
Coat of Arms of Wiesbaden |
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There was another U-80 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Apr 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 6 Jun 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 80 during WWI.
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