This is the information page about the shipwreck U 152, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.445 N,1 18.943 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)
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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 152
Length 64.9 meter, width: 8.8 meter, tonnage 1512 ton
Cause: scuttled. (dir. of dockyards).
Year of registration: 1921
Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1921, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: H4554/21 23.7.21 H4554/21 23.7.21 SANK IN 501300N, 011745W. (DIR. OF DOCKYARDS, D/M.31695/21 19.7.21). BA 2450. 22.1.80 22.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 501240N, 011800W [EUR] ON FR 878 [DEC '79]. NCA. HH090/588/01 2.11.93 HH090/588/01 2.11.93 EXAM'D 16.5.93 IN 501226.7N, 011856.6W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64.3 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 7.2MTRS, LENGTH 86MTRS, BREADTH 10MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK LYING 170/350DEGS. GOOD SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER RESPONSE. (NP 1008, HI 588). AMEND TO WK 64MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 4010/93. 12.11.98 12.11.98 EUR POSN: 501229.5N, 011851.5W. NE 2613.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE INTACT WK
Position: 50 12.445 N,1 18.943 W