U 80 (Navy)
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | M 37 498 |
| Shipyard: | Vegesacker shipyard , Bremen |
| Construction contract: | January 25, 1939 |
| Build number: | 008 |
| Keel laying: | April 17, 1940 |
| Launch: | February 11, 1941 |
| Commissioning: | April 8, 1941 |
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| Calls: | no ventures |
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| Whereabouts: | sank in the Bay of Danzig on November 28, 1944 |
U 80 was a German submarine of type VIIC that in World War II by the German navy was used as a school and training boat.
history
The order for the boat was awarded on January 25, 1939 to the Vegesacker Werft , a subsidiary of Bremer Vulkan , which was founded especially for submarine construction, in Bremen . The keel was laid on April 17, 1940, the launch on February 11, 1941, and the commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Georg Staats on April 8, 1941.
After its commissioning, the boat belonged to the 1st U-Flotilla as a training boat until April 30, 1941 and was stationed in Kiel . From May 1, 1941 to March 31, 1942 it was a training boat in the 26th U-Flotilla in Pillau and from April 1, 1942 to August 31, 1943, it was a training boat in the 24th U-Flotilla in Memel . From September 1, 1943, it was used as a training boat with the 23rd U-Flotilla in Danzig . From December 1, 1943, it was used as a school boat for the 21st U-Flotilla and was stationed in Pillau until its loss on November 28, 1944 .
U 80 was purely a school and training boat , which was used in the Baltic Sea exclusively for training and training of teams and officers and did not carry out any activities.
Whereabouts
The boat was lost on November 28, 1944 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau due to a mishap. The position was 54 ° 40 ' N , 19 ° 30' O marine-grid square AO 9597th It was a total loss of 52 dead.
literature
- Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 1: The Hunters. 1939-1942. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X .
- Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
- Erich Gröner : Die Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 and supplement 1944. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4 (reprint of the 1942–1943 edition).
- Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names (= The merchant fleets of the world. Supplementary volume). JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2 (reprint of the 1943 edition).
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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