Wreck: U 214 (probably) (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck U 214 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 55.435 N,3 31.85 W (49.923917, -3.530833)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: U 214 (PROBABLY)
Length 76.8 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1080 ton
Cause: built in 1940-41 by f krupp germaniawerft ag, keil. a type viid boat. oil engines of 3200 bhp for 16.7 knots surfaced, motors of 750 bhp for 7.3 knots submerged. 14 torpedoes for 4 bow tubes, 1 stern. 15 munes. sunk by depth charges dropped by hms cooke. all hands lost.
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN APPROX 495800N, 033000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H0113/45 H0113/45 WK OF U-BOAT IN 495530N, 033100W, APPROX. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, SONAR CONTACT PL 89). NCA. H3110/72 9.1.73 H3110/72 9.1.73 NO TRACE BY SONAR OR E/S BUT SMALL ROCKY SHOAL OF 59MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS ABOUT 1000 METRES SW OF 495530N, 033100W. (HMS HECATE, 1972). NCA. H1310/85 11.6.85 H1310/85 & H1270/84 11.6.85 WK IN 495530N, 033145W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C WILLIAMS, CHART LOANED 6.6.85). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. HH091/059/01 19.4.05 HH091/059/01 19.4.05 EXAM'D 5.7.04 IN 4955.435N, 0331.850W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 62.3 IN GEN DEPTH 68.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 62MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 49 55.435 N,3 31.85 W
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