Wreck: U 333 (probably) (Submarine)

This is the information page about the shipwreck U 333 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 36.855 N,7 31.666 W (49.7, -7.3)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: U 333 (PROBABLY)

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

Cause: built in 1941 by nordseewerk, emden. oil engines of 3200 bhp for 17.7 knots surfaced, motors of 750 bhp for 7.6 knots submerged. sunk by hm ships starling and loch killin.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 126 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H03113/44 22.8.44 H03113/44 22.8.44 SUNK IN APPROX 493900N, 072800W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS NDW PA. - FNM 1770/44. GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 493900N, 072800W [POSN ACCURATE]. U-BOAT WRECK. (AUBD 2675A/74). 6.12.12 6.12.12 LOCATED 8.2012 IN 4936.855N, 0731.666W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 113.33 IN GEN DEPTH 126MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 11.6MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. PROBABLE SUBMARINE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HN DTD 10.8.12 FOR HI 1482). INTACT, UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 113MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 49 36.855 N,7 31.666 W

 

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