This is the information page about the shipwreck U 54 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 58.288 N,5 28.277 E (54.9382167, 5.684)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 54 (POSSIBLY)
Length 66.4 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 857 ton
Cause: 14.2.40 torpedoed and sunk by hm submarine salmon. (german submarines, vol 1). mined on 14.2.40, wreckage found. (u 333, p 216).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: HH328/350/01 20.9.89 SW 34.5MTRS IN 545818N, 052824E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM (21)50/33/89). BR STD. HH100/351/04 7.10.91 WK OF UNKNOWN SUBMARINE (U 54 INSERTED IN MANUSCRIPT) IN 545818.6N, 052824E. (DHI HAMBURG, WK NO.1484, WSA 5, 7.8.90). NCA. SEP 2015/000158093 15.1.16 SHOWN AS SW 34MTRS IN 5458.283N, 0528.351E [WGD] ON DE221000 [ED7.0, DTD 10.07.15]. AMEND TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 58.288 N,5 28.277 E