This is the information page about the shipwreck U 16, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 58.938 N,8 25.887 E (54.0275333, 8.3497)

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.

Name: U 16

Length 57.9 meter, width: 6.1 meter, tonnage 627 ton

Cause: Foundered while on passage to surrender. (warships of ww1).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2265/19 13.3.19 SANK IN 535900N, 082530E, OR 014DEGS, 1.8M FROM SCHARNHORN BN. G CONL BUOY LAID 30YDS NW. (BERLIN NM).

- NM 715/19. H9398/19 8.12.19 WK NOW COMPLETELY COVERED WITH SAND. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (BERLIN NM).

- NM 2271/19. H3937/65 10.2.66 FOUL IN 535859N, 082558E. (HAMBURG NM 4335/65). BR STD. H3937/65 9.2.73 NOW WK SW 20.7MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 4215/72). NE 3261. H3142/69 20.11.75 NOW WK SW 20.4MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 4005/75). BR STD. HH100/351/04 7.10.91 WK OF U 16 IN 535859N, 082528E [EUR]. IN GOOD CONDITION. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.6MTRS. (DHI HAMBURG, WK NO.805, WSA 5, 7.8.90). NCA YET. HH328/540/05 22.6.99 NOW WK SW 19.9MTRS IN 5358.93N, 0825.89E [EUR]. (GERMAN NM 23/(21)44/99). BR STD. 28.9.00 SHOWN IN 5358.93N, 0825.90E [WGD] ON GERMAN 44 [4TH EDN 2000, ADOPTION]. NC 3619. 22.10.04 SHOWN AS WK SW 20.6MTRS IN 5358.950N, 0825.900E [WGD] ON GERMAN 44 [INT 1452] [JAN'04 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 3619. 17.12.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 20.2MTRS IN 5358.934N, 0825.890E [WGD] ON GERMAN 44 [INT 1452] [DEC '06 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 3619. 13.6.11 SHOWN AS SW 19.8MTRS ON GERMAN 44 [2011 EDN]. 5.6.15 SW 19.8MTRS NOT SHOWN ON GERMAN 103 [ED9, DTD 27.3.15] BUT IS SHOWN ON DE421040 [ED 28, 8.5.15] IN 5358.934N, 0825.890E [WGD]. NCA. 24.8.15 SHOWN AS SW 19.8MTRS IN 5358.938N, 0825.887E [WGD] ON DE 421040. (EDN 29.0, DTD 31.7.15). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 58.938 N,8 25.887 E

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