This is the information page about the shipwreck U 647 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 55.884 N,2 23.184 E (59.9314, 2.3864)

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 647 (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H4502/75 15.9.77 EXAMINED IN 595557.4N, 022318.5E [EUR] USING PULSE/8. EXAMINED BY DIVERS. THOUGHT TO BE WW2 SUBMARINE. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. STANDS 5MTRS PROUD OF THE SEABED. (DECCA SURVEY, LTR DTD 19.8.77). INS AS WK USC 94MTRS. BR STD. H1271/76 17.3.78 POSN CONFIRMED. (ELF AQUITAINE NORGE, LTR DTD 28.12.77). NCA. 19.11.79 THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE THE U-647. (C JENKINS, SEAWAYS DIVING). CONFLICTS WITH 'MACDONALDS GERMAN SUBMARINES' AND 'U-333' WHICH STATE ICELAND-FAROES AREA. 3.8.43. NOTED AS U-647 (POSSIBLY). H1271/83 23.3.83 NDW SHOWN IN 595555N 022335E [EUR] ON NORWEGIAN 307 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2867/85 1.8.85 EXAM'D 10.5.85 IN 595558N, 022317E [EUR] USING TRISPONDER ON FRIGG PLATFORMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 94.5 IN GEN DEPTH 100MTRS. DCS3 TRACE INDICATES MAST OR PERISCOPE STANDS 5.6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (RACAL SURVEY (UK) LTD, 17.7.85). AMEND TO WK 94MTRS. BR STD. 26.7.13 [WGD] POSN: 5955.884N, 0223.184E. 26.7.13 SHOWN AS WK USC 101MTRS IN 5955.927, 0223.183E [WGD] ON NO2B0804 [EDN 3.5]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LENGTH/WIDTH BY DIVER, PROBABLE MAST OR PERISCOPE

Position: 59 55.884 N,2 23.184 E

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