This is the information page about the shipwreck U-1051, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.709 N,5 33.705 W (53.625166666667, -5.4926666666667)

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-1051

Length 6.7 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 871 ton

Cause: built in 1943 by f krupp germaniawerft ag, keil. depth charged and sunk by hm ships aylmer, calder, bentinck assisted by hms bligh.positional analysis: u1051 was recorded as being destroyed without doubt at a position which plots 7.1 nm ne of this wreck (tna adm 199/1789).archival analysis: the u-boat came to the surface after being attacked and was rammed on the port side forward by hms alymer, subsequentlysinking by the bows. the u-boat was identified by its conning tower emblem which was photographed during the surface engagement (gibson 1993, p65-66). u1051 had earlier torpedoed hms manners. that ship's stern is ukho 7056, 5.4nm to the east.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 102 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20190515

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 SUNK IN 533900N, 052100W, APPROX. (AUBD 319/262, W APPRS LIST - WAGO 524). H0109/45 11.4.45 AMENDED POSN 533830N, 052200W. (W APPRS LIST AMENDMENTS). H4466/81 5.7.83 WK, LEAST DEPTH 93MTRS, LOCATED IN 533542N, 053339W [OGB]. (HMS FOX, SIGNAL DTD 30.7.83). BR STD. H5982/82 8.8.83 WK SHOWN IN 533406N, 053434W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOT C25, [1983]. ALSO FF (SERIOUS DAMAGE) IN 533544N, 053327W. H4466/81 1.3.84 EXAM'D 30.6.83 IN 533542N, 053339W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 93 IN GEN DEPTH 102MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. INTACT. LYING ON SIDE. ORIENTATION NW/SE. (HMS FOX, HI 95). NFA. [WGD] POSN: 5335.709N, 0533.705W. BA 44. HH100/351/12 6.12.96 PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM HMS AYLMER AT TIME OF RAMMING SHOW SUBMARINE TO BE FLYING THE ENSIGN OF U 1051. (S KERSHAW 19.11.96). 16.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 15/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS WRECK IS A SUBMARINE ON ITS STBD SIDE, BURIED UP TO THE CONNING TOWER. THE POINTCLOUD SHOWS THAT THE STERN AFT OF THE CONNING TOWER IS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. BY POSN, TYPE OF WRECK AND ARCHIVE THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THIS IS SUBMARINE "U-1051". (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "U-1051" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 35.709 N,5 33.705 W

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