This is the information page about the shipwreck U 7 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 42.751 N,6 13.094 E (53.5606667, 6.5186833)
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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 7 (PROBABLY)
Length 57.3 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 636 ton
Cause: Built 1911 by germaniawerft, kiel. torpedoed in error by u 22. 26 lives lost. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe) [but see also 29046] .
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SUNK IN 534300N, 060200E APPROX. (U. BOAT INTELLIGENCE, 1914-18). NCA. 24.11.69 WK SW 18.9MTRS [10FMS 2FT] SHOWN IN 534248N, 061312E [EUR] ON GERMAN 87 [1969 EDN]. BR STD. 11.10.07 SHOWN IN 5342.777N, 0613.137E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [INT 1413] [APR '06 EDN, ADOPTION]. NC 1635. 6.4.11 SHOWN AS SW 18.6MTRS [LAT] IN 5342.750N, 0613.093E [WGD] ON BA 1633 [EDN 2 DTD 23.12.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 42.751 N,6 13.094 E