Wreck: Hmsm undine (probably) (Submarine)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm undine (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 9.58 N,7 26.76 E (54.0668667, 7.4069)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: HMSM UNDINE (PROBABLY)

Length 54.9 meter, width: 4.9 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 540 ton

Cause: Scuttled after severe damage from depth charges from german minesweepers off heligoland.

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2128/70 16.8.72 WK 30.3MTRS IN 540937N, 072650E. (HAMBURG 3028/72).

- NM 1606/72. H2128/70 22.12.72 NOW SW 30.3MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 4615/72). NES 3761,1405. 10.7.87 SHOWN ON GERMAN 87D [1986 EDN]. HH100/351/04 7.10.91 WK OF UNKNOWN SUBMARINE IN 540937N, 072650E. (DHI HAMBURG, WK NO.1065, WSA 5, 7.8.90). 14.5.96 REPORTED THAT DIVERS EXAMINED SUBMARINE, HULL SPLIT OPEN 3 BRITISH TORPEDOES FOUND INSIDE VESSEL. BELIEVED VESSEL TO BE HMS UNDINE. FURTHER INFORMATION TO FOLLOW. (P O ASHFORD, BRITISH EMBASSY, BONN TELECON 14.5.96). HH328/460/02 7.6.96 INSERT LEGEND (MUN) AT WK SW 30.3MTRS IN 540936N, 072648E [EUR]. (GERMAN NM 19/T(21)87/96). LEGEND ASSUMED TO BE 'MUNITIONS', NCA. 13.6.96 OBJECTS IDENTIFIED AS BALLAST TANKS. WRITTEN CONFIRMATION TO FOLLOW. (S CHARLTON/CB3, TELECON). NCA. HH328/460/02 2.7.96 ITEMS CONFIRMED AS BALLAST TANKS. (SEC(NS) LM DTD 12.6.96). NCA. HH328/460/02 12.7.96 DELETE LEGEND (MUN). (GERMAN NM 26/T(21)87/96). NCA. HH328/460/02 26.7.96 NOW WK SW 31.4MTRS IN 540936N, 072648E [EUR]. (GERMAN NM 28/(21)87/96). BR STD. HH328/460/03 15.10.99 NOW WK SW 29.8MTRS IN 5409.58N, 0726.76E [WGD]. (GERMAN NM 40/(21)87/99).

- NM 4350/99. 12.1.12 SHOWN AS WK 29.4MTRS [LAT] ON GERMAN 103 [EDN DTD 9.2011). 20.4.15 SHOWN AS WK 29MTRS [LAT] IN 5409.580N, 0726.760E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [EDN 10, DTD 3.15]. AMEND TO WK 29MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 9.58 N,7 26.76 E

 

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