This is the information page about the shipwreck U 29, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 19.96 N,0 56.9 E (58.366183333333, 0.86515)
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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 29
Length 64.6 meter, width: 6.4 meter, tonnage 867 ton
Cause: built in 1912 by danzig dockyard. oil engines, twin shaft. sank after being rammed by hms dreadnought off moray firth. (warships of ww1).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 150 meter
Known since: 1915, last detected: 1991
Details measurements/cartography: 6.6.69 SUNK IN 582000N, 005700E, APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). 12.12.91 SUNK IN 581600N, 005900E, APPROX. (U-BOAT INTELLIGENCE, 1914-18). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 19.96 N,0 56.9 E