This is the information page about the shipwreck U 155, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 34.283 N,7 34.676 W (55.7053, -7.5799166666667)

 

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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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Name: U 155

Length 76 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 1210 ton

Cause: a type ixc boat. built in 1941 by a g weser, bremen. oil engines of 4400 bhp for 18.3 knots. sank while under tow for disposal during operation deadlight.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H0573/46 H0573/46 SUNK IN 553500N, 073900W. (OPERATION DEADLIGHT). H1173/66 7.10.65 H1173/66 EXAM'D IN 553418N, 073442W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 206 IN GEN DEPTH 230FT. NO SCOUR. VERY STRONG SONAR CONTACT FROM SW ONLY. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 7.10.65). H2265/73 13.6.73 H2265/73 13.6.73 INS AS USC 65MTRS. NC 2811. 16.8.79 16.8.79 AMEND TO USC 50MTRS. NC 2723. H2175/81 9.1.81 H2175/81 9.1.81 EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 553418N, 073436W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS. LYING 135/315DEG. DEFINITE WK OF SUBMARINE. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). BR STD. 25.4.07 25.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5534.283N, 0734.676W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. LENGTH 52MTRS, WIDTH 5.5MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 150/330 DEGS. INTACT WITH SCOUR ALONG THE NE SIDE. AMEND WK 64MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/17 2.11.01 HH100/351/17 2.11.01 THIS IS U 155. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY). NCA. 8.2.13 8.2.13 NAMED AS U-155. (WARSHIPS, U-BOATS & LINERS - GSI, 2012). CINC DELETED. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 65.05MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 65MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SCOUR CLOSE BY ON NE SIDE

Position: 55 34.283 N,7 34.676 W

 

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