German submarine U-980

German submarine U-980 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was ordered on 5 June 1941, and was laid down on 10 August 1942 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 180. She was launched on 15 April 1943 and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hermann Dahms on 27 May 1943.

Design

German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-980 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 Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. RP 137/c double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat 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, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at. U-980 was fitted with five torpedo tubes, fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA mines, one SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and one twin C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between 44 — 52 men.

On 11 June 1944, nine days out of Bergen on her first, and only war patrol, U-980 was sunk by depth charges north of the Shetland Islands, in the Norwegian Sea. U-980 was attacked by a Canadian Canso of 162 Squadron/B RCAF. All Fifty-two of her crew were lost.
The wreck is located at.