Wreck: U 1009 (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck U 1009, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 31.492 N,7 23.965 W (55.7053, -7.5799166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: U 1009
Length 67.1 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 871 ton
Cause: a type viic boat. built in 1944 by blohm & voss, hamburg. sunk by gunfire during operation deadlight.
Year of registration: 1946
Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1946, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 553105N, 072400W. (OPERATION DEADLIGHT). H4131/68 12.6.68 H4131/68 12.6.68 NOT FOUND. (HMS HECATE, 22.12.67). H2175/81 12.1.81 H2175/81 12.1.81 LOCATED 12.11.79 IN 553131N, 072354W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS. LIES N/S. WK OF A SUBMARINE. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). LEAST DEPTH COULD BE FISH. BR STD. 4.5.92 4.5.92 U 1009 SUNK IN 553100N, 072400W. (CAPT PEKKA AARNIAHO, 10.5.92). 3.5.07 3.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5531.492N, 0723.965W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LENGTH 46MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 1.7MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 000/180 DEGS. INTACT, NO DEBRIS. IN SCOUR HOLE WITH GREATER PART TO THE EAST. AMEND WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 52.84MTRS. (GSI). RETAIN WK 52MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SCOUR BOTH SIDES, MORE EXTENSIVE TO THE E
Position: 55 31.492 N,7 23.965 W
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