This is the information page about the shipwreck U 27, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 34.98 N,9 2.06 W (58.583, -9.0343333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 27
Length 64.3 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 745 ton
Cause: depth charged by rn destroyers forester & fortune.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 1100 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 1997
Details measurements/cartography: H0139/39 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 583000N, 090600W. (HMS AURORA). 22.8.80 U 27: NDWPA IN 583500N, 090200W. (US P/O DTD 16.10.76). 10.3.97 SUNK IN 583500N, 090200W. (U333 & DIE DEUTSCHEN KREIGSSCHIFFE). PLOTS IN 1100MTRS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 34.98 N,9 2.06 W