This is the information page about the shipwreck U 309, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 9.425 N,2 23.156 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

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.

Name: U 309

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

Cause: depth charged by hmcs frigate st john 55 miles ne of cromarty.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: A/S CONTACT IN POSN 580936N, 022300W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). GIVEN IN VARIOUS GERMAN RECORDS AND LOSS BOOKS 580900N, 022300W APPROX. WK IN 580936N, 022300W. GOOD POSN. LENGTH 177FT, HT 18FT. U-BOAT WRECK. (AUBD 314/55, EG 9). 29.8.78 INS AS WK 55MTRS. NC 115. HH100/351/15 22.8.00 NOT LOCATED USING E/S. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 15.8.00). NCA. 8.10.04 RESEACH INDICATES THAT THIS COULD BE U 1020. (K HEATH, TELECON). NCA. HH100/351/22 25.11.04 CONFIRMED AS U-309 FROM VIDEO FOOTAGE. (A NIESTLE, VIA R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 24.11.04). NCA. 3.10.12 EXAM'D 3.7.12 IN 5809.425N, 0223.156W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 55.41 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 53.8MTRS, WIDTH 7.6MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, ON ITS SIDE, CONNING TOWER INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1372). BOWS NE. AMEND POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE, BOWS NE

Position: 58 9.425 N,2 23.156 W

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