This is the information page about the shipwreck U 33, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 21.483 N,5 1.752 W (55.246666666667, -5.2533333333333)

 

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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.

 

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9. Ethel crawford
10. Fairy
11. Franleon
12. Glen shiel
13. Hms dasher
14. Hmsm sealion
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16. Jeniver
17. Karen
18. Laurrandine
19. Lochshiel (possibly)
20. Longwy
21. Marjorie seed
22. Marsuka
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24. St dunstan
25. St kenan (possibly)
26. St oran
27. Strathdee
28. Strathmore
29. Tuscan
30. Ub 82 (possibly)

 

Name: U 33

Length 64.3 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 745 ton

Cause: built 1936 by germaniawerft, kiel. depth-charged and sunk by minesweeper hms gleaner. 25 lives lost. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H0272/40 8.3.40 LOCATED IN 552118N, 050136W. STANDS 21FT ABOVE SEABED IN 33FMS. SPH BUOY, FL.G 6SEC LAID. (FOIC GREENOCK). - TNM 623/40. H0272/40 28.6.41 AMEND POSN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TNM 1490/41. H0272/40 18.7.41 BUOY REMOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) CANCEL TNM 1490/41. 25.8.66 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 33FMS. (HMS SCOTT). BR STD. H7551/68 17.1.69 LOCATED,19.5.68, IN 552136N, 050148W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 174FT IN GEN DEPTH 190FT. SCOUR 192FT. POOR SONAR CONTACT. (HMS HYDRA, ROS DTD 11.10.68). AMEND TO WK 29FMS [53MTRS]. BR STD. 6.1.76 REPORTED IN 552035.4N 050150.9W. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 1.5MTRS. (SEATANK CO, NORTH CHANNEL SURVEY 26.8.75). NCA. H1925/76 20.5.76 NOT FOUND. STEEP ROCKY PINNACLE OF 50MTRS LEAST DEPTH LOCATED IN 552034.5N 050149W USING DECCA. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 9.4.76). WK DELETED. SOUNDING OF 50MTRS IN LIEU OF WK. BR STD. H2579/76 2.12.80 LOCATED IN 552129N, 050141W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. (HMS HERALD, HI 9/80, TELEX 25.11.80). NCA YET. H2579/76 12.5.81 EXAM'D 23.11.80 IN 552129.6N, 050141.2W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.2 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING INTACT ON HEADING 100/280DEGS. CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS A SUBMARINE. (HMS HERALD, HI 9/80). INS AS WK 50MTRS. BR STD. 6.6.00 DIVED. CONFIRMED AS THE WK OF THE U 33. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON 6.6.00). 4.11.04 EUT POSN: 5521.483N, 0501.752W. NE 2126.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

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Position: 55 21.483 N,5 1.752 W

 

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