| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 1940 |
| Commissioned: | Never commissioned |
| Fate: | scuttled in May 1945 |
| Homeport: | |
| Stricken: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 76 tonnes |
| Length: | 22.05 m |
| Beam: | |
| Draft: | |
| Propulsion: | Walter turbine |
| Diving depth: | |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range: | 50 nautical miles (93 km) |
| Complement: | 4 men |
| Armament: | unarmed |
The V-80 (German: Versuchs-U-Boot V 80) was a 1939 German Navy 76 ton experimental submarine and the only representant of the German Type V design.
The prototype was completed in 1940 in Germaniawerft in Kiel. The vessel was manoeuvred by 4 men to test Walther geared hydrogen peroxide-based turbine propulsion system. Its range was 50 nautical miles (93 km) at 28 knots (52 km/h).
The only earlier attempt in the use of anaerobic air-independent propulsion system was in the 1864 Spanish Ictineo II submarine launched by Spanish inventor Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, also pioneering the first combustion engine use.
This midget submarine led to the design of the German Type XVII submarine.
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