This is the information page about the shipwreck U 102, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 9.334 N,1 58.163 W (58.931, -1.9510833333333)

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.

Name: U 102

Length 67.7 meter, width: 6.4 meter

Cause: mined on the northern barrage, a series of mines laid e of sanday sound, with all 42 crew while on passage for germany.

Year of registration: 2006

Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 163 cm

Known since: 2006, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 18.10.06 WK EXAMINED 23.6.06 IN 5909.3342N, 0158.1632W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67.71 IN GEN DEPTH 74.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 6.8MTRS. LIES 163/343DEGS WITH BOWS SSE. UPRIGHT, INTACT SUBMARINE. FISHING NET APPARENTLY CAUGHT AROUND THE TOWER. SAND RIPPLES STRETCH SOUTH. (MV ANGLIAN SOVERIGN, HI 1137). INS AS WK 67MTRS. BR STD. 1.11.06 BELIEVED THAT THIS WK IS PROBABLY U 102, FROM EXAMINATION OF SURVEY IMAGES, AS VESSEL HAD 2 DECK GUNS, AND DIMENSIONS AGREE. PLAN TO DIVE WRECK EARLY DECEMBER AND CONFIRM IDENTITY. (K HEATH, TELECON 1.11.06). SEE [605]. HH091/137/01 11.12.06 ABOVE DATA CONFIRMED. SURROUNDED BY RELATIVELY SMOOTH SEABED BUT A FORMATION OF SAND RIPPLES STRETCHES TO THE S. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). NCA. H091/137/01 22.12.06 LEAST M/B DEPTH 72.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 79.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137, AMENDED H525). NCA. 12.1.07 LEAST DEPTH CONFIRMED AS 72.9MTRS. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137, CONFIRMATION OF LEAST DEPTH). ORIGINAL SURVEY DATA NOT CORRECTED FOR DRAFT. AMEND WK 72MTRS. BR STD. 13.6.07 DIVED BY PAUL JACKSON, JUN '07. CONFIRMED AS U102 BY DECK GUN. WAS FITTED WITH 88MM/45 STERN MOUNTED GUN RATHER THAN THE NORMAL 88MM/30 GUN. ONLY TWO BOATS WERE SO FITTED. BOWS DAMAGED. NETTED. (K HEATH, TELECON 13.6.07). NCA. 19.10.10 LARGE HOLE ASTERN OF CONNING TOWER WHERE MINE IMPACTED. GUNS FORE & AFT STILL IN PLACE, WITH SHELL CASES STRAPPED TO DECK CLOSE TO THE GUNS, THE CASES ARE ENCASED IN LEAD SLEEVES FOR WATERPROOFING. (DIVER MAGAZINE NOV '10)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS SSE, BOWS DAMAGED, NETTED

Position: 59 9.334 N,1 58.163 W

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