SM UB-80

SM UB-80 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 8 September 1917 as SM UB-80.
UB-80 was surrendered to Italy in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany on 26 November 1918 and broken up at La Spezia in May 1919.

Construction

She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 4 August 1917. UB-80 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Max Viebeg. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-80 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun. UB-80 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of. UB-80 had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged.