This is the information page about the shipwreck U 263, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 6.392 N,1 35.271 W (46.047766666667, -1.5823166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Albatros
2. Allie
3. Cap nord
4. Cascais (?cascaes)
5. Cimaise
6. Etoile du matin
7. Fils de l`ocean
8. Francesco
9. Guipuzcoa
10. Henri
11. Holt hill
12. Immaculee conception
13. Jean sebastien
14. Le centaure
15. Le petit prince
16. Markland
17. Michel
18. Moulin blanc
19. Nautilus
20. Nautilus (possibly)
21. Nordcap
22. Prima
23. Ramon membru
24. Roule ta bosse
25. Saint pierre
26. Sauerland
27. St ives
28. St yves
29. Stendhal
30. Ulfsborg
31. Union neptune
32. Vardaas
33. Vauban

 

Name: U 263

Length 67.1 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 871 ton

Cause: mined off la pallice.

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H2770/69 2.3.72 WK OF SUBMARINE FOUND IN 460630N, 013506W APPROX. GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. (FRENCH NM 72 06 47T). NCA YET. H2770/69 8.2.73 WK 12MTRS [6FMS 3FT] IN 460606N, 013525W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 72 51 10).

- NM 450/73. 6.4.88 SHOWN IN 460609N, 013519W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7069 [1986 EDN]. NC 2663. 20.3.90 WK OF 'U 263' IN 460609N, 013519W [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1988). HH353/520/02 1.12.93 NOW IN 460626.5N, 013512W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 93 44 34).

- NM 134/94. HH353/520/04 22.11.01 RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 500MTRS, ANCHORING AND FISHING PROHIBITED, CENTRED ON WK. (FRENCH NM 01 45 20).

- NM 59/02. 30.9.04 SHOWN IN 4606.375N, 0135.273W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7404 [INT 1843] [2ND EDN 2002, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2999. SEP 2007000025712 17.4.07 RESTRICTED AREA DELETED, TOGETHER WITH Y SPHERICAL LT BUOY, FL(5)Y.20S, (WAVE RECORDER) CLOSE SE OF WK. (FRENCH NM 11 29 07)

- NM 2055/07. SEP 2012/000106172 29.5.12 NOW WK 17.6MTRS. (FRENCH NM 21/23/12).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 46 6.392 N,1 35.271 W

 

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