This is the information page about the shipwreck U 7 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 42.823 N,6 2.132 E (53.6365833, 6.0043)

 

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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.

 

1. Amerskerk
2. Antje jansen
3. Bornnriff
4. Capella
5. Donau
6. E 3
7. Ebenhaezer
8. Elphis
9. Elvie
10. Eurabia sun
11. Gerrit fritzen
12. Gruno
13. Gustav nachtigal
14. Hanine no. 1055
15. Hanne-berit
16. Helen may
17. Inga
18. Insulaner
19. Irene oldendorff
20. Jacob senior
21. Janne malene
22. Jodelta
23. Jonge albert
24. Kai
25. Kalo
26. Krimhild
27. Lasbeck
28. Maria van hattem
29. Maria van hattem (possibly)
30. Narvik
31. Navigator
32. Nordmark
33. Oriente
34. Regulus
35. Sabine howald
36. Sandy hook
37. Scharnhorst
38. Schute
39. Sperrbrecher 102
40. Sperrbrecher 138
41. Sperrbrecher 161
42. Tjalk
43. U 7 (possibly)
44. U 7 (probably)
45. Vivan
46. Volrath thamm
47. Vp 1252
48. Widar
49. Wilhelm bayern
50. Wilhelm luhring

 

Name: U 7 (POSSIBLY)

Length 57.3 meter, width: 5.5 meter, tonnage 636 ton

Cause: Torpedoed in error by u 22. (u-boat intelligence).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 534300N, 060200E, APPROX. (U-BOAT INTELLIGENCE). H7955/68 21.1.69 WK REPD IN 534256N, 060214E [EUR]. POSN FROM DECCA. (OP. NEW BROOM, 1968). INS AS DW. H3150/69 5.2.70 NOW WK 25MTRS (13FMS 4FT). (NETH HYDROG). BR STD. POSN GIVEN AS 534257N, 060212E IN NETH WK RECORDS. 1.6.87 SHOWN AS WK 25MTRS ON NETH 1352 [1982 EDN]. NC 3761. H3498/88 29.11.88 NOW WK 22.5MTRS IN 534253N, 060213E. (NETH NM 556/88).

- NM 3797/88. HH340/630/04 8.6.99 NOW WK 21.5MTRS IN 5342.89N, 0602.23E [EUR]. (NETH NM 23/289/99).

- NM 2555/99. SEP 2007/000078752 29.10.07 NOW WK 16.9MTRS IN 5342.82N, 0602.13E [WGD]. (NETH NM 43/563/07).

- NM 5420/07. 6.4.11 SHOWN AS WK 16.6MTRS [LAT] IN 5342.823N, 0602.132E [WGD] ON BA 1633 [EDN 2 DTD 23.12.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 42.823 N,6 2.132 E

 

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