This is the information page about the shipwreck U 1063, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.944 N,3 53.468 W (50.149067, -3.891133)

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 1063

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

Cause: depth charged and sunk by british frigate hms loch killin.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 21 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 4.7.45 WK IN 500912N 035318W. LIES NW/SE. GOOD SONAR CONTACT & GOOD POSITION. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45) GOOD SONAR CONTACT AND GOOD POSN - 500912N, 035318W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, 7.45). H3950/70 23.9.70 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. NC1613. H3110/72 4.1.73 NOT LOCATED BUT ON EDGE OF SURVEY AREA & COULD BE FURTHER EAST IN ROCKY AREA. (HMS HECATE). 18.7.78 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 1613. H1936/80 1.10.81 EXAM'D 4.3.81 IN 500854N, 035324W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. ABOUT 55MTRS LONG, LYING NNE/SSW. (HMS BEAGLE HI 5/81). BR STD. H1310/87/16 21.5.87 DIVED ON. A LATE WWII MODIFIED TYPE VII U BOAT AS FOREDECK GUN REMOVED AND SCHNORKEL FITTED. LYING ON NNE HEADING WITH 70DEG STARBOARD LIST. SOME HATCHES OPEN, SCHNORKEL AND AIR SEARCH PERISCOPE RAISED. REAR HALF OF CONNING TOWER HAS COLLAPSED ON TO SEABED. BOW COMPARTMENT, WITH TORPEDO TUBES, BROKEN OPEN. THIS IS THE ONLY SIGN OF WAR DAMAGE. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS (REDUCED). (A HILLGROVE, 9.4.87). NCA. HH091/059/01 3.5.05 EXAM'D 13.7.04 IN 5008.941N, 0353.465W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.3 IN GEN DEPTH 57.9MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 60MTRS TOWARDS 021/201 DEGS. LENGTH 57MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 021/201 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, NO DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 52MTRS. BR STD. HH091/151/01 20.5.08 EXAM'D 28.1.07 IN 5008.9437N, 0353.4680W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.71 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 61MTRS, WIDTH 8.9MTRS. LIES 021/201 DEGS WITH BOWS SSW AND ON PORT SIDE. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1186). RETAIN WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 9.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NNE, LISTS 70 DEG TO STBD, SCOUR 021/201 DEGS

Position: 50 8.944 N,3 53.468 W

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