Wreck: U 672 (possibly) (Submarine)

This is the information page about the shipwreck U 672 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.742 N,2 1.383 W (50.045700, -2.023050)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: U 672 (POSSIBLY)

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

Cause: depth charged and sunk by hms balfour 32 miles s of portland bill. (german submarines 1).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE 'UFFE'. SEE [60008]. HH090/533/01 24.2.92 EXAM'D 22.10.91 IN 500244.5N, 020123W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS, LENGTH 33MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEG WITH CENTRAL HIGH POINT. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). AMEND TO WK 54MTRS.

- NM 783/92. HH100/351/14 4.6.99 WK DIVED ON 1.6.99 AND CONFIRMED TO BE A GERMAN SUBMARINE. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE U 672. THE SINKING CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS VESSEL WERE SUCH THAT ITS LOCATION SOME DISTANCE FROM WHERE IS WAS ATTACKED WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING. (I MCCARTNEY, FAX DTD 3.6.99). NCA. 25.6.99 IDENTITY TO BE CINC. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON 25.6.99). AMENDED TO CINC. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, CENTRAL HIGH POINT

Position: 50 2.742 N,2 1.383 W

 

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