This is the information page about the shipwreck U 161 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 34.4 N,4 46.3 W (49.573333333333, -4.7716666666667)

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 161 (POSSIBLY)

Length 71.6 meter, width: 6.4 meter, tonnage 1002 ton

Cause: scuttled. (dir. of dockyards).

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 88 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1921, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: H4778/21 4.8.21 H4778/21 4.8.21 SUNK IN 493342N, 044230W. (DIR. OF DOCKYARDS, 29.7.21). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1921). H2537/28 H2537/28 AMEND TO NDW (1921). BR STD. H3110/72 28.11.73 H3110/72 28.11.73 NOT FOUND AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH. (HMS HECATE, 1973). DELETE. BR STD. HH090/497/02 28.10.91 HH090/497/02 28.10.91 WK EXAM'D 1.7.91 IN 493424N, 044618W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX AND TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82 IN GEN DEPTH 88MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.3MTRS, LENGTH 23MTRS. INTACT WK WITH CENTRAL HIGH POINT, LYING 150/330DEGS. A SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY WAS OBSERVED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 497). APPEARS TO BE A SUBMARINE ON ONE DCS3 TRACE. INS AS WK 82MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, CENTRAL HIGH POINT

Position: 49 34.4 N,4 46.3 W

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