This is the information page about the shipwreck U 413 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.418 N,0 0.415 W (50.3569667, -0.0069167)

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 413 (POSSIBLY)

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

Cause: Built in 1941 by danziger werft ag, danzig. depth charged and sunk by hm ships forester, vidette & wensleydale. 45 men lost, 1 survivor. (german wk records & uboat.net).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H03135/44 REPORTED SUNK BY HMS WENSLEYDALE IN 502200N, 000000W APPROX. (PORTSMOUTH LIST - IN H03135/44). H067/44 20.8.44 SUNK 204DEGS, 25.2 MILES FROM BEACHY HEAD IN 502100N, 000130W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 20.8.44). H03135/44 8.9.44 NSC SHOWN ON OVERLAY TRACING OF BA 2675C IN 502130N, 000400W. (HMS WENSLEYDALE). H2350/85 16.2.87 EXAM'D 19.9.86 IN 502123N, 000019W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.6 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. POSSIBLY A SUBMARINE. (NP 1008, HI 317B). CHART AS WK 49MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/05 29.6.92 LOCATED IN 502057N, 000019W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). [WGD] POSN: 5021.428N, 0000.400W. BA 2450. 8.4.14 EXAM'D 19.2.14 IN 5021.418N, 0000.415W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.77 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 58.5MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PARTS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1430). ON PORT BEAM, ?BOWS SE, BROKEN AFT OF TOWER. AMEND WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, BROKEN AFT OF TOWER, SCOUR FROM SE END

Position: 50 21.418 N,0 0.415 W

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