This is the information page about the shipwreck U 212 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.895 N,0 10.558 W (50.4815833, -0.1759667)

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 212 (PROBABLY)

Length 67.1 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 871 ton

Cause: Sunk by depth charges from hm ships curzon and ekins. (u 333).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 502700N, 001300W, APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 14.8.74 INS AS USC PA 40MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2450. H1965/76 25.11.80 EXAM'D 4.5.80 IN 502852N, 001032W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT 5.4MTRS. LENGTH 67.6MTRS, BEAM 5.9MTRS. LIES WITH BOWS W. IDENTIFIED AS SUBMARINE SITTING UPRIGHT ON SEABED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMENDED TO WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/05 21.5.92 LOCATED IN 502848N, 001033W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN). NCA. HH100/351/14 12.5.99 CONFIRMED AS THE WK OF A GERMAN SUBMARINE. IT IS IN POOR CONDITION WITH MOST OF THE OUTER CASING GONE. MAJOR BLAST DAMAGE IN THE STERN AND BREAKS IN THE PRESSURE HULL FORWARD AND AFT OF THE CONNING TOWER. WILL BE DIFFICULT TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY DUE TO POOR CONDITION. (I MCCARTNEY, FAX DTD 11.5.99). NCA. 25.6.99 IDENTITY TO BE CINC. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON 25.6.99). AMENDED TO CINC. NCA. 24.4.14 EXAM'D 6.3.14 IN 5028.895N, 0010.558W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.74 IN GEN DEPTH 54.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 12.8MTRS, HT 5.76MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP, PROBABLY IN TWO PARTS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1435). AMEND WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT. BOWS W.

Position: 50 28.895 N,0 10.558 W

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