Wreck: U 123 (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck U 123, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.155 N,1 18.32 W (50.185917, -1.305333)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: U 123
Length 82 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 1468 ton
Cause: 19.7.21 scuttled. (dir. of dockyards, d/m 31695/21, 19.7.21).
Year of registration: 1921
Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1921, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: H4554/21 23.7.21 H4554/21 23.7.21 SANK IN 501110N, 011850W. (C-IN-C, DOCKYARD DEPT). SQ. DATE. H3287/24 12.5.24 H3287/24 12.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ. DATE. 14.8.74 14.8.74 WK, UNSURVEYED CLEARANCE DEPTH 45MTRS, IN 501110N, 011850W, APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2450. 22.1.80 22.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 501110N, 011850W ON FR 878 [DEC 1979 EDN]. NCA. 2.2.90 2.2.90 NOW SHOWN AS USC PD 45MTRS IN 501112N, 011848W ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. REFERRED TO AS U 123 IN 501110N, 011850W [+/- 1M] IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. (FR WK NO.18101005). NCA. HH226/350/01 4.2.91 HH226/350/01 4.2.91 NOW WK, LEAST DEPTH 61MTRS, IN 501113N, 011814.5W [EUR]. (BREST NM 90 50 32). OGB POSN: 501108N, 011814W. G/S. HH090/588/01 2.11.93 HH090/588/01 2.11.93 EXAM'D 16.5.93 IN 501109.3N, 011819.2W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62.5 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 4.3MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, BREADTH 7MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK LYING 060/240DEGS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (NP 1008, HI 588). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 13.11.98 13.11.98 EUR POSN: 501112.5N, 011814W. NC 2613.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 50 11.155 N,1 18.32 W
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