This is the information page about the shipwreck U 1195, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.369 N,0 56.288 W (50.5383, -0.64335)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Algiers
3. Angry fish
4. Armenier
5. Arno (possibly)
6. Asger ryg
7. Axwell
8. Basil-2
9. Bettann (bow section)
10. Cambrian princess (probably)
11. Carbineer
12. Cuba
13. Donegal (possibly)
14. Elford
15. Flag theofano
16. Fort yale
17. Fpt iv
18. Gartland
19. Gascony
20. Gerarda
21. Germa geisha
22. Hedwig lunstedt
23. Highland corrie
24. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
25. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
26. Hmcs alberni
27. Hms apley (possibly)
28. Hms evadne (possibly)
29. Hms hazardous
30. Hms prince leopold
31. Hms sapper
32. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
33. Hmsm a1
34. Lightfoot (possibly)
35. Lola (possibly)
36. Lowmount
37. Montecrana (possibly)
38. Polandia (possibly)
39. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
40. Saint enogat
41. Sines (possibly)
42. Spearfish
43. Teelin head
44. Ub 81
45. Uss osprey
46. Vigda

 

Name: U 1195

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

Cause: A mark viic boat. built in 1944 by flensburger sbg. oil engines of 2800bhp, twin shaft. passage from brest for patrol and return. sunk by hms watchman just after having sunk troopship ss cuba. sank when hedgehog missile from watchman struck near the conning tower. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 126 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20161114

Details measurements/cartography: H02001/45 28.6.45 NDW LOCATED 175.5DEGS, 6.65M FROM NAB TWR. LIES ON ITS SIDE. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 13.5.45). GIVES POSN 503326N, 005615W.

- NM 1817/45. 23.6.69 POSN GIVEN IN VARIOUS GERMAN RECORDS & LOSS BOOKS AS 503300N, 005500W, APPROX. H6667/57 28.4.61 NUMEROUS ASDIC CONTACTS IN AREA OF IRREGULAR BOTTOM. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS DALRYMPLE, SURVEY [K2007/3], 1958). 28.3.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC 18MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 2045. H1284/75 16.6.75 LIES S OF THE NAB TOWER IN 503314N, 005621W [OGB] USING DECCA. ON STARBOARD SIDE. CUT IN TWO AT CONNING TWR. LIES ESE/WNW. (R TODD, SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE LTD, 20.5.75). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H4121/76 13.1.77 EXAM'D 18.8.76 IN 503317N, 005609W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.1MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS. LIES E/W. A GOOD SONAR CONTACT CLOSE TO WK. ALTHOUGH DOES NOT HAVE A DISTINCT SUBMARINE SHAPE. DIMENSIONS FROM DCS3 ARE CONSISTENT WITH IT BEING A SUBMARINE. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). BR STD & LATER NM 27/82. H1310/85/26 23.8.85 LIES, WITH 45DEG TO STBD LIST. HEAVY DAMAGE JUST FWD OF CONNING TWR. DECK CASING CORRODED. (M WALSH, 19.8.85). HH100/351/03 31.8.90 DIVED ON IN 503314.5N, 005623W [OGB] IN POOR VISIBILITY. BADLY DAMAGED NEAR CONNING TOWER. (D C FOX). NCA. HH100/351/16 12.10.00 DIVED IN 5033.351N, 0056.280W [WGD] USING DGPS. INTACT & LISTING. CONNING TOWER INTACT. PRESSURE HULL BREACHED CLOSE TO CONNING TOWER. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY REPORTED. SEABED SHINGLE. (T JOHNSON, LTR DTD 10.10.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/21 26.9.03 DIVED 6.9.03. LIES WITH A 45DEG LIST TO STBD. BOWS TOWARDS 120-150 DEGS (MAGNETIC). LARGELY INTACT BUT THE OUTER SKIN IS DETERIORATING IN A NUMBER OF PLACES. APPROX 2-3MTRS FWD OF THE CONNING TOWER THERE IS A CLEAR VERTICAL BREAK IN THE HULL. PORT SHAFT AND PROP ARE VISIBLE. TOWER IS INTACT EXCEPT FOR THE SNORKEL WHICH HAS COLLAPSED ONTO THE SEABED. SEABED IS COARSE SAND. (L ROBERTS-HARITONOV). NCA. HH091/005/01 26.11.03 EXAM'D 2.8.03 IN 5033.383N, 0056.302W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.5, FOUL 21.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.5 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 340 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (NP 1016, HI 1005). AMEND TO SW 20.7MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000165703 4.5.17 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5033.369N, 0056.288W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.45MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 7.5MTRS, HT 5.55MTRS. ORIENTATION 126/306 DEGS. SCOURING TO N AND W OF STERN, ALSO IN-BETWEEN BREAK SEPERATING BOW AND STERN. SIGNIFICANT SEDIMENT BUILD-UP ALONG SOUTHERN EDGE OF HULL. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND TO DW 20.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BADLY DAMAGED NEAR CONNING TOWER

Position: 50 33.369 N,0 56.288 W

 

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