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| "V
80", a true submarine, propelled by a Walter turbine which didn't need air to
operate. Designed from VB 60. None were built.
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| Description: |
Midget U-boat |
| First launched: |
1940 |
| Complement, Off / Men |
4 |
| Displacement surf: |
71 t |
| Displacement subm: |
80 t |
| Length: |
22,0 m |
| Beam, max: |
2,1 m |
| Depth: |
3,2 m |
| Max speed surfaced: |
4 kt |
| Max speed submerged: |
28 kt |
| Radius surfaced: |
? |
| Radius submerged: |
50 sm at 28 kt |
| Max diving depth: |
? |
| Diving time,
stationary: |
? |
| Diving time, alarm
moving: |
? |
| Oil fuel carried: |
20 t of H2O2 |
| Torpedo tubes, bow /
stern: |
x |
| Nr of torpedoes /
mines: |
x |
| Guns fitted: |
x |
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Off = Officers, surf = surfaced, subm = submerged,
max = maximum, Nr = number, t = tons, m = metres, mm = millimetres,
kt = knots, sm = sea miles, sec = seconds, AA = Anti Aircraft, rds = rounds
+ = more than, - = less than, x = No/none, ? = unknown
Please note that some figures are to be considered approximate.
Main sourse for The Boats Section is the excellent book "U-boats
under the Swastika" by J.P. Mallman Showell, ISBN: 0 7110 0379 3. |
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