This is the information page about the shipwreck U 40 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.61 N,0 15.065 E (50.57725, -0.0826)

 

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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.

 

1. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Alaunia
6. Algiers
7. Alice (possibly)
8. Alison (possibly)
9. Amsterdam
10. Angry fish
11. Aracataca
12. Ariel
13. Aristos
14. Armenier
15. Arno (possibly)
16. Ashford
17. Atlas (probably)
18. Axwell
19. Barn hill
20. Basil-2
21. Bernicia
22. Bettann (bow section)
23. Blanefield
24. Branksome chine (possibly)
25. Braunton
26. Broadhurst (probably)
27. Cairndhu
28. Caleb sprague
29. Cambrian princess (probably)
30. Candia
31. Carbineer
32. Carrie dingle
33. Caterham
34. Celtic
35. Charles m
36. City of brisbane
37. City of mexico
38. City of waterford
39. Clan macmillan
40. Clara
41. Cuba
42. D144 (possibly).
43. Del rio
44. Devon coast
45. Donegal (possibly)
46. Duchess (possibly)
47. Duke of buccleuch
48. Eduard (possibly)
49. Elford
50. Emerald (possibly)
51. Emma
52. Esperanza
53. F d lambert (possibly)
54. F/v joanna c
55. Fife coast (possibly)
56. Flag theofano
57. Fpt iv
58. Frockner
59. Frode
60. Fulham vii (probably)
61. Gartland
62. Gascony
63. George sutton
64. Gerarda
65. Gerlen (possibly)
66. Germa geisha
67. Glenarm head (possibly)
68. Glenarm head (possibly)
69. Glenartney (possibly)
70. Glendinning (possibly)
71. Glenlee
72. Harold
73. Heathpool
74. Heathpool
75. Hedwig lunstedt
76. Highland corrie
77. Hms apley (possibly)
78. Hms ariadne
79. Hms avanturine
80. Hms balfour
81. Hms borneo
82. Hms evadne (possibly)
83. Hms gambri (possibly)
84. Hms hazardous
85. Hms implacable
86. Hms inverclyde
87. Hms keryado (probably)
88. Hms lancer ii
89. Hms minion
90. Hms moldavia
91. Hms northcoates
92. Hms ocean sunlight
93. Hms pine
94. Hms prince leopold
95. Hms resolution (possibly)
96. Hms sapper
97. Hms taipo
98. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
99. Hmsm a1
100. Holland v
101. Holme force (possibly)
102. Hush wing
103. Ikeda (possibly)
104. Indiana
105. Inger (possibly)
106. Ingo
107. Jaffa
108. James groves
109. Joseph roberts (possibly)
110. Lalen mendi
111. Lass o'doune (probably)
112. Leven (possibly)
113. Lightfoot (possibly)
114. Lisbon
115. Lola (possibly)
116. London trader (possibly)
117. Lowmount
118. Lullington
119. Lulonga (possibly)
120. Ma monette
121. Maaslust
122. Marga
123. Marie marguerite (possibly)
124. Mill gate (probably)
125. Miown
126. Mira
127. Mohlenpris (possibly)
128. Molesey (possibly)
129. Montecrana (possibly)
130. Mount stuart
131. Mv adur valley?
132. Newent
133. Noordster
134. Ny-eeasteyr
135. Nyon
136. Oceana
137. Pagenturm
138. Patrice didier (probably)
139. Pentyrch
140. Polandia (possibly)
141. Porthkerry
142. Quail
143. Ramsgarth
144. Ramsholm (possibly)
145. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
146. Rytoner
147. Saint ronaig
148. Seaford
149. Seven seas (possibly)
150. Shirala
151. Sines (possibly)
152. St rogatien (possibly)
153. Stanhope
154. Stanwold
155. Stavros (possibly)
156. T r thompson
157. Teelin head
158. U 1195
159. U 212 (probably)
160. U 275 (probably)
161. U 40 (possibly)
162. U 671
163. U 86 (formerly)
164. U 86 (possibly)
165. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
166. Ub 130
167. Ub 81
168. Ub 86 (possibly)
169. Vasco
170. Venus
171. Vesuvio (possibly)
172. Vigda
173. War helmet
174. Wilhelmina j
175. Zaanstroom
176. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: U 40 (POSSIBLY)

Length 76.5 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 64, tonnage 1032 ton

Cause: Mined in the straits of dover. (german submarines, vols 1 & 2).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 20150921

Details measurements/cartography: H4121/76 16.6.76 WK LOCATED IN 514535N, 001510E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.9MTRS [LAT]. (SOISS, SIG DTD 16.6.76). CHART AS WK 16.9MTRS [9FMS 1FT].

- NM 1546/76. H4121/76 7.1.77 TWO WRECKS LIE CLOSE TOGETHER IN 504135N, 001508E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP], [MEAN POSN - THE WKS BEING 60MTRS APART]. LEAST E/S DEPTHS - EAST WK 17.6MTRS; WEST WK 20.6MTRS. BOTH ARE 40MTRS LONG AND LIE 010/190DEGS. DIVER REPORTED BOTH TO BE INTACT WKS. TO BE WIRE SWEPT. [SEE ALSO WK 20459]. (HMS ENTERPRISE, R-OF-S 266/11, 22.11.76). AMEND LEGEND TO 'WKS'. R/P. 30.3.78 APPLICATION TO PURCHASE WRECKS MADE BY METAL RECOVERIES (NEWHAVEN) LTD. (NCS111/1128). 21.9.89 WK IN 514129N, 001503.5E REPD AS TRAWLER 'ADVENTURINE' - NAME ON BOW. LIES ON STBD SIDE, HALF-BURIED, WITH LARGE GUN ON BOW. SHELLS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. (A KNIGHT, TELECON). NO ACTION YET [SEE [20463], 'AVANTURINE', IN 504154N, 001414E!]. HH100/351/05 21.5.92 WK LOCATED IN 504123N, 001508.5E USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 3.2.16 EXAM'D 21.09.15 IN 5041.610N, 0015.065E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.84MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23.84MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 20MTRS, HT 7MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. INTACT AND LYING ON ITS SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: TYPE 9A, INTACT See Also: 20459

Position: 50 41.61 N,0 15.065 E

 

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