This is the information page about the shipwreck U 1020, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 32.684 N,1 18.892 W (56.544733333333, -1.3148666666667)

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 1020

Length 67.1 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 871 ton

Cause: lost by unknown cause in moray firth. probably mined. built 1944. missing off east coast of scotland with loss of all 52 crew. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe).

Year of registration: 2007

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 2007, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2007/000064819 12.9.07 WK LOCATED IN 5632.684N, 0118.892W [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 61.3MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, APPROX HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HN DTD 27.7.07 FOR HI 1151). INS AS WK USC 55MTRS. BR STD. - PNM 4571/07 ISSUED. SEP 2008/000036575 15.4.08 EXAM'D 13.8.07 IN 5632.684N, 0118.892W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.3 IN GEN DEPTH 62.2MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP TO E & S. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS WITH BOWS E. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. GENERALLY INTACT, STERN APPEARS TO BE BROKEN AND PARTLY DETACHED. PERISCOPE IS RAISED AND GIVES LEAST DEPTH. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1151). AMEND WK 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. TYPE VIIC/41 WITH TWIN RUDDERS, SNORKEL AND LIFE RAFT CONTAINERS ON PORT SIDE. LOST DURING JAN '45 IN SECTION ONE OF BRITISH SN 17 MINEFIELD, LAID IN 1942, BUT STILL ACTIVE IN 1945. (K HEATH) 23.3.09 WK DIVED 18.3.09 IN 5632.684N, 0118.892W [WGD], LEAST DEPTH 59MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. SUBMARINE LIES OVER AT 45DEG WITH ATTACK PERISCOPE RAISED. KEY IDENTIFYING FEATURES INDICATE THAT THIS IS THE U 40. THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE PORT SIDE STERN OF THE SUBMARINE, WHICH CORRESPONDS WITH TORPEDO DAMAGE. CINC REQUESTED. (I EASINGWOOD, EMAIL DTD 23.3.09). WK [2215] AMENDED TO 'DEAD'. RETAIN AS WK 57MTRS. PNM 250/09 REMAINS IN FORCE. 1.6.09 WK DIVED AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS U 1020 BY MARTIN SINCLAIR. VESSEL IS A TYPE VIIC/41, BUILT POST AUGUST 1944 AS FITTED WITH RADAR. LOST DURING JAN '45 IN SECTION ONE OF BRITISH SN 17 MINEFIELD LAID IN 1942, LIMITS OF SECTION WERE: [A] 5635.5N, 0115.0W; [B] 5635.6N, 0113.0W; [C] 5615.4N, 0138.6W; [D] 5615.4N, 0140.8W. MINES WERE SET TO 10FT DEPTH. CINC REQUESTED. (K HEATH, TELECON & E-MAILS 27.5.09 & 1.6/09) IDENTITY AMENDED. [2215] U 40 AMENDED BACK TO LIVE. NCA. 26.6.14 CINC DELETED, MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. 25.6.14 DIVED 31.5.14 IN 5632.684N, 0118.893W [WGD]. CONFIRMED AS TYPE VIIC BOAT BY SCHNORKEL CONFIGURATION. CONNING TOWER, TORPEDO LOADING HATCH AND AFTER HATCHES SEEM TO BE OPEN. LIES WITH 45 DEG LIST TO PORT WITH THE PERISCOPE IN THE RAISED POSN. STEM HAS TYPICAL MINE DAMAGE. MOST LIKELY TO BE u1020. (S HADDOW, SHADOW-MARINE, EMAIL DTD 2.6.14). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 32.684 N,1 18.892 W

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