This is the information page about the shipwreck U 2506, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 30.995 N,7 30.424 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 2506

Length 77 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 6, tonnage 1621 ton

Cause: a type xxi electro boat. built in 1944 by blohm & voss, hamburg. twin oil engines of 2200 bhp for 12 knots with a range of 11.150 miles. sunk in operation deadlight.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H0573/46 H0573/46 SUNK IN 553250N, 073810W. (OPERATION DEADLIGHT). H2265/73 13.6.73 H2265/73 13.6.73 INS AS USC 55MTRS. NC 2811. H2175/81 9.1.81 H2175/81 9.1.81 EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 553101N, 073024W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS. LYING 065/245 DEGS. TYPICAL SUBMARINE CONTACT WITH WELL DEFINED FIN & MASTS. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). BR STD. 25.4.07 25.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5530.995N, 0730.424W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 075/295 DEGS. INTACT. NO SIGNIFICANT SCOUR. AMEND WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 8.2.13 8.2.13 NAMED AS U 2506. (WARSHIPS, U-BOATS & LINERS - GSI, 2012). 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 56.90MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 56MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 55 30.995 N,7 30.424 W

 

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