This is the information page about the shipwreck U 63 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 39.46 N,0 20.1 W (58.657666666667, -0.335)
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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 63 (POSSIBLY)
Length 43.9 meter, width: 4.3 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 341 ton
Cause: sunk by destroyers hms escort, hms inglefield, hms imogen & hm sub narwhal by depth charges.
Year of registration: 1957
Water depth above wreck: 120 meter
Known since: 1957, last detected: 1978
Details measurements/cartography: H03179/57 5.6.57 NDW IN 583930N, 002000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 22.8.73 INS AS NDW IN 583930N, 002000W [EUR]. NC 2182C. 27.9.78 AMENDED TO WK USC PA 104 MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1942.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 39.46 N,0 20.1 W