This is the information page about the shipwreck U 275 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.308 N,0 3.059 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Algiers
6. Alison (possibly)
7. Angry fish
8. Aracataca
9. Ariel
10. Armenier
11. Arno (possibly)
12. Ashford
13. Atlas (probably)
14. Axwell
15. Barn hill
16. Basil-2
17. Bettann (bow section)
18. Blanefield
19. Branksome chine (possibly)
20. Braunton
21. Cairndhu
22. Cambrian princess (probably)
23. Candia
24. Carbineer
25. Celtic
26. Charles m
27. City of brisbane
28. City of mexico
29. Cuba
30. D144 (possibly).
31. Dagana
32. Del rio
33. Devon coast
34. Donegal (possibly)
35. Duke of buccleuch
36. Eduard (possibly)
37. Elford
38. F/v joanna c
39. Fife coast (possibly)
40. Flag theofano
41. Fort yale
42. Fpt iv
43. Frode
44. Fulham vii (probably)
45. Gartland
46. Gascony
47. George sutton
48. Gerarda
49. Germa geisha
50. Glenlee
51. Harold
52. Hedwig lunstedt
53. Highland corrie
54. Hms apley (possibly)
55. Hms avanturine
56. Hms borneo
57. Hms evadne (possibly)
58. Hms hazardous
59. Hms implacable
60. Hms lancer ii
61. Hms moldavia
62. Hms northcoates
63. Hms ocean sunlight
64. Hms pine
65. Hms prince leopold
66. Hms sapper
67. Hms taipo
68. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
69. Hmsm a1
70. Holme force (possibly)
71. Indiana
72. Inger (possibly)
73. Jaffa
74. Joseph roberts (possibly)
75. Lalen mendi
76. Leven (possibly)
77. Lightfoot (possibly)
78. Lola (possibly)
79. London trader (possibly)
80. Lowmount
81. Lulonga (possibly)
82. Marga
83. Marie marguerite (possibly)
84. Mill gate (probably)
85. Mira
86. Mohlenpris (possibly)
87. Molesey (possibly)
88. Montecrana (possibly)
89. Mount stuart
90. Mv adur valley?
91. Newent
92. Noordster
93. Ny-eeasteyr
94. Nyon
95. Pentyrch
96. Petit forban
97. Polandia (possibly)
98. Porthkerry
99. Quail
100. Ramsgarth
101. Ramsholm (possibly)
102. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
103. Saint andre (probably)
104. Saint ronaig
105. Seven seas (possibly)
106. Shirala
107. Sines (possibly)
108. Spearfish
109. Stanhope
110. Stanwold
111. Stavros (possibly)
112. T r thompson
113. Teelin head
114. U 1195
115. U 275 (probably)
116. U 40 (possibly)
117. U 671
118. U 86 (formerly)
119. U 86 (possibly)
120. Ub 130
121. Ub 81
122. Vasco
123. Venus
124. Vesuvio (possibly)
125. Vigda
126. War helmet
127. Zaanstroom

 

Name: U 275 (PROBABLY)

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

Cause: Mined.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20150715

Details measurements/cartography: H1697/45 29.10.45 LOCATED 14.9.45 IN 503624N, 000257E. LIES WSW/ENE. (CSO VERNON, 19.4.45). 22.11.45 U BOAT LOCATED AUG 1945 IN 503545N, 000136E BY HMS HEADINGHAM CASTLE DURING TRIALS OF EXPERIMENTAL GEAR. LENGTH 240FT, HEIGHT 20FT. ORIENTATED 165/345DEGS. (CAPT A/S ESTABLISHMENT, FAIRLIE 22.9.45). 23.6.69 U-275 WAS MINED IN APPROXIMATE POSN 503600N, 000400E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 14.7.71 INS AS USC 28MTRS. NC 536. 8.1.79 AMEND TO USC 38MTRS. NE 1652. H1965/76 27.11.80 EXAM'D 16.5.80 IN 503618N,000313E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 70MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. LYING 083/263DEGS. POSSIBLY A SUBMARINE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77) AMEND TO WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/05 26.6.92 LOCATED IN 503606.5N, 000307E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). 3.9.13 DIVED 29.8.13 IN 5036.309N, 0003.045E [WGD] USING GPS. DEPTH TO WK 54MTRS, TO SEABED 57MTRS WITH 2.5MTRS OF TIDE. LIES APPROX E/W WITH BOWS W AND 30 DEG LIST TO PORT. (D RONNAN, EMAIL DTD 2.9.13). RETAIN WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2015/000083466 3.2.16 EXAM'D 15.07.15 IN 5036.308N, 0003.059E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 52.41MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 63MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LARGELY INTACT WK AND PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND NDW 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS W WITH 30 DEGS LIST TO PORT

Position: 50 36.308 N,0 3.059 E

 

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