This is the information page about the shipwreck U 55, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 24.106 N,5 31.922 W (48.399083333333, -5.3334666666667)

 

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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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Name: U 55

Length 65.8 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 753 ton

Cause: sunk by a liberator aircraft. (french wk records 1985).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 24.10.75 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 482418N, 053148W [EUR] ON FRENCH 5316. BR STD. 12.1.78 SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708]. 14.7.86 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 88MTRS IN 482415N, 053151W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6989 [1986 EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1985. NC 2643. 15.7.86 SHOWN AS WK USC ED 88MTRS ON FRENCH 7066 [1987 EDN] & WK USC PD 88MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. INS AS WK USC ED 88MTRS. NC 2643. 5.3.09 SHOWN IN 4824.190N, 0531.940W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647. SEP 2009/000084718 20.1.10 SHOWN AS WK PD 88MTRS IN 4824.106N, 0531.922W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006 CORRECT TO 25-37-09, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 24.106 N,5 31.922 W

 

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