Wreck: U 39 (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck U 39, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 29 N,11 50 W (58.333333333333, -12)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: U 39
Length 76.5 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1032 ton
Cause: depth charged by rn destroyers faulknor, foxhound & firedrake nw of ireland.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 1735 meter
Known since: 1939
Details measurements/cartography: H0139/39 15.11.39 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 582900N, 115000W. (HMS AURORA, HMS FOXHOUND VIA RA(D) HOME FLEET). NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 29 N,11 50 W
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