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 (53.636583333333, 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. Helene
18. Inga
19. Insulaner
20. Irene oldendorff
21. Jacob senior
22. Janne malene
23. Jodelta
24. Jonge albert
25. Jonna anna-lise
26. Kai
27. Kalo
28. Krimhild
29. Lasbeck
30. Maria van hattem
31. Maria van hattem (possibly)
32. Narvik
33. Navigator
34. Nordmark
35. Oriente
36. Regulus
37. Sabine howald
38. Sandy hook
39. Scharnhorst
40. Schute
41. Sperrbrecher 102
42. Sperrbrecher 138
43. Sperrbrecher 161
44. Tjalk
45. U 7 (possibly)
46. U 7 (probably)
47. Vivan
48. Volrath thamm
49. Vp 1252
50. Widar
51. Wilhelm bayern
52. 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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