This is the information page about the shipwreck U 11 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 6.356 N,1 29.629 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 11 (POSSIBLY)
Length 57.3 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 611 ton
Cause: Mined.
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1914, last detected: 20160907
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 510600N, 012900E, APPROX. (DER DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSSCHIFFE). H5824/60 3.3.61 LOCATED IN 510621N, 012935E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 126FT. (HMS SCOTT, 12.7.60). CHART AS NDW. NE 1828. H5824/60 14.11.61 LOCATED IN 510620N, 012945E USING DECCA. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 69FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 137 IN GEN DEPTH 165FT. (HMS SCOTT, 13.4.61). 26.6.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 23FMS. NE 1828. 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS WK 22FMS. NE 1828. H4667/70 30.12.70 LOCATED IN 510626N, 012941E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.1MTRS [125FT] IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS [151FT]. NEGLIGIBLE SCOUR. SLOPING SEABED. FAIRLY LARGE WK. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS BULLDOG, H525 NO.9/70, 18.9.70). AMEND TO WK 21FMS. BR STD. 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS WK 38MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 9.8.78 LOCATED 28.10.77 IN 510620N, 012945E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. CLOSE SOUNDED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.1 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 015/195DEGS. PROBABLY U 11. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 40MTRS. BR STD. H2350/85 9.12.86 EXAM'D 30.7.86 IN 510620N, 012945E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 45-49MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.9MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING 040/220DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 317A). AMEND TO WK 38MTRS. BR STD. HH090/606/01 1.2.94 LOCATED 30.10.93 IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN. NOT EXAM'D. DCS3 HT 4.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. (NP 1016 HI 606) NCA. 10.2.05 [EUT] POSN: 5106.368N, 0129.646E. NE 1828. H091/159/01 5.9.07 LOCATED 3.10.07 IN 5106.359N, 0129.632E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.86 IN GEN DEPTH 40.0MTRS. LENGTH 50.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 043/223 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT, NO DEBRIS. NOT LIKELY TO BE U 11. AMEND WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091760 23.01.17 EXAM'D ON 07.09.16; IN 5106.356N, 0129.629E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.77MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225DEGS. NO SCOUR. UNKNOWN MAGNETIC ANOMALY. STRONG SONAR SIGNAL. WK IS INTACT (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 6.356 N,1 29.629 E