This is the information page about the shipwreck U 1191, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.319 N,2 59.751 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Aleyna
2. Beatty rose (possibly)
3. Bostonian (probably)
4. Cantonad
5. Cheshire
6. Chorley
7. Cistude
8. Clan stuart (probably)
9. Cornelia
10. Ece
11. Einar jarl
12. Gateway (probably)
13. Greenville
14. Gudrun
15. Hms amazon
16. Hms bittern
17. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
18. Hms formidable
19. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
20. Hms manor
21. Kongshaug (probably)
22. La blanca (possibly)
23. La portaise (probably)
24. Lofoten (probably)
25. Marjolene
26. Moel tryvan
27. Mon ami
28. Motano (probably)
29. Murree
30. Ocean vagabond
31. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
32. Pergo
33. Perintis
34. Pomella
35. Renilde
36. Rhona (probably)
37. Roi leopold (possibly)
38. Romsdalen (probably)
39. Rotorua
40. Siren
41. Ster de zee (possibly)
42. Tandil (probably)
43. Tom roper (possibly)
44. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
45. Ub 19 (probably)
46. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: U 1191

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

Cause: vessel, depth charged & sunk by hm ships balfour & affleck. (german submarines vol 2).

Year of registration: 1944

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

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20150616

Details measurements/cartography: H2985/44 5.8.44 NDW IN 500100N, 025900W. (C IN C PLYMOUTH). - FNM 1702/44. H2137/54 23.7.55 LOCATED IN 500130N, 025930W USING DECCA OR 115DEG, 27.5M FROM START PT. (RISDON BEAZLEY). BR STD. 14.3.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 500100N, 025900W, APPROX. WK OF A GERMAN SUBMARINE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. 22.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 878 [1979 EDN]. NCA. 15.9.88 CHARTED AS USC 60MTRS ON FRENCH 6940 [1982 EDN]. NC 2669. HH090/496/02 19.2.91 EXAM'D 10.9.90 IN 500119N, 025945W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.8 IN GEN DEPTH 64.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS. UPRIGHT, LYING 080/260 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1008, HI 496). BR STD. 3.3.99 LOCATED IN 5001.308N, 0259.712W [OGB] USING DGPS. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED FOR POSN. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.1.99). AMENDED TO CINC. NCA, RETAIN NP 1008'S POSN. 13.9.05 CINC REMOVED, MORE THAN 5 YEARS. 9.10.15 EXAM'D 16.6.15 IN 5001.319N, 0259.751W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 58.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 64MTRS. LENGTH 62.5MTRS, WIDTH 10.3MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 080/260 DEGS, BOWS 80 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, LISTING TO PORT. (MMT, HI 1480). AMEND TO NDW 58MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LISTING TO PORT.

Position: 50 1.319 N,2 59.751 W

 

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