This is the information page about the shipwreck U 1055 or u 1191 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 55.893 N,2 46.66 W (50.11025, -2.8444333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Beatty rose (possibly)
2. Bonita
3. Cantonad
4. Conch
5. Einar jarl
6. Gateway (probably)
7. Grace (possibly)
8. Greenville
9. Gudrun
10. Hms formidable
11. Hmsm affray
12. K m b (possibly)
13. Klein famile
14. La portaise (probably)
15. Memnon
16. Miniota
17. Moel tryvan
18. Mon ami
19. Motano (probably)
20. Netley abbey (possibly)
21. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
22. Perintis
23. Regina coeli (possibly)
24. Rhona (probably)
25. Roi leopold (possibly)
26. Siren
27. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
28. U 1191
29. Ub 19 (probably)

 

Name: U 1055 OR U 1191 (PROBABLY)

Length 67.1 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 871 ton

Cause:

Year of registration: 1928

Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1951, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H2203/27 SUNK IN 495300N, 024400W. NW OF CASQUETS. NO ACTION ON CHARTS. H2537/28 24.8.28 WRECK NOT CHARTED. (PD). H3504/51 13.9.51 WK LOCATED IN 495542N, 024654W DURING SEARCH FOR HMS AFFRAY. DIVED ON. BARNACLE-COVERED WK THOUGHT TO BE THAT OF A TANKER. LENGTH 200-250FT. HEIGHT 18-24FT. ORIENTATED 070/250DEGS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 14.7.51). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 22.12.78 AMEND TO WK 30FMS. BR STD. 5.2.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FR 878 [NE DEC 79]. NCA. 5.2.80 SHOWN AS USC 50MTRS ON BA 2454. AMEND TO WK 55MTRS. BR STD. HH090/496/01 11.10.90 EXAM'D 29.8.90 IN 495553.6N, 024639.6W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.9MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, BEAM ABOUT 7MTRS. LIES 080/260DEGS. A GOOD MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION WAS OBTAINED. SIDE-SCAN TRACE SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THIS IS THE WK OF A SUBMARINE, LYING INTACT AND APPARENTLY LISTING TO THE S. (NP 1008, HI 496). COULD POSSIBLY BE EITHER U 269 OR U 1191. AMEND TO WK 57MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 10.11.99 DIVED IN 1999. CONFIRMED AS BEING A LATE WAR TYPE VIIC U BOAT, REMARKABLE ONLY IN THE FACT THAT IT HAS A 'WINTERGARDEN' GUN PLATFORM BEHIND THE CONNING TOWER. CINC REQUESTED. PROBABLY EITHER U 1055 OR U 1191. (I MCCARTNEY, FAX DTD 9.11.99). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 49 55.893 N,2 46.66 W

 

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