German submarine V-80

Prototype German V-80 midget submarine at sea
History
Nazi Germany
Name	V-80
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	597
Launched	14 April 1940
Commissioned	Never commissioned
Fate	Scuttled on 29 March 1945
General characteristics
Type	Type V midget submarine
Displacement	76 t (75 long tons)
Length	22.05 m (72 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	Walter turbine
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi)
Complement	4 men
Armament	None

The V-80 (German: Versuchs-U-Boot V 80) was a 76-ton experimental submarine and the only representative of the German Type V design produced for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.

The prototype was completed in 1940 in Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel. The four-man vessel was designed to test the Walter hydrogen peroxide-based turbine propulsion system. Its range was 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph).

The only earlier attempt to use a chemical reaction based air-independent propulsion system was in the Spanish submarine the Ictineo II.

This midget submarine led to the design of the German Type XVII submarine.

Gallery

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  V-80 midget submarine during sea trials, World War II
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  V-80 schematic

See also

• History of submarines
• List of U-boat types

Further reading

• Rössler, Eberhard (2001) [1981]. The U-boat: The Evolution and Technical History of German Submarines. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36120-8.

External links

• Helgason, Guðmundur. "V-80". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
• Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Walter U-boats". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2015.