This is the information page about the shipwreck U 74, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 3.701 N,2 29.725 W (56.061683333333, -2.4954166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: U 74

Length 56.8 meter, width: 5.9 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 829 ton

Cause: built in 1915 by w kaiserl., danzig as type ue 1 minelayer. reported as missing after being sent to lay mines and return in to base. did not return or send any report. thought to have been sunk by own mines. (k heath) stated to have been sunk by gunfire from 4 rn trawlers while laying a minefield. (diver magazine oct '10)

Year of registration: 1960

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1960, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H2618/60 29.7.60 H2618/60 29.7.60 NSC E/S TRACE OBTAINED CLOSE NE OF 560415N, 023330W. (HMS SCOTT, 1959). NCA. 6.2.70 6.2.70 REPORTED AS A BROKEN UP WK LYING IN APPROX 25FMS AND STANDING ABOUT 18FT OFF THE SEABED. (J BUTLER, BSAC MUSSELBURGH, 30.1.70). H454/67 5.5.77 H454/67 LOCAL FISHERMEN REPORT WK, KNOWN AS DREDGER, IN 560350N, 022931W. POSN BY DECCA. (DUNBAR CG, HN 5.5.77). H454/67 24.5.77 H454/67 24.5.77 INS AS WK USC PA 30MTRS IN 560350N, 022930W. BR STD. H4818/75 3.8.77 H4818/75 3.8.77 EXAMINED 26.3.77 IN 560343N, 022938W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. NOT FOUND BY E/S BUT DCS3 HT 5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. LENGTH 30MTRS APPROX. LIES NNE/SSW. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE BOTTOM CONTACT, BUT SURVEY RECORDS RE-EXAMINED ON RECEIPT OF LOCAL INFO. REGARDING SUNKEN DREDGER NEAR THIS POSN. (HMS FOX, HI 34B/77). AMEND TO USC 34MTRS BR STD. HH100/351/07 3.9.93 HH100/351/07 3.9.93 WK IN 560343N, 022938W IS A GERMAN SUBMARINE OF WW1 VINTAGE. THOUGHT TO A UE CLASS MINELAYER - POSSIBLY EITHER U 75 OR U 78. LIES WELL SUNK INTO SEABED BUT WITH BOW SHOWING WELL CLEAR. (I G WHITTAKER, 1.9.93). HH100/351/08 20.7.94 HH100/351/08 20.7.94 WRECK IS PROBABLY U77 (UE-1 CLASS MINELAYER). LOCATED IN 560341N, 022942W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVE COMPUTER 40 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. BOWS ANGLED UPRIGHT COMPLETE WITH WOODEN DECK. HYDROPLANES AT HARD DIVE POSN. PERISCOPES FULLY EXTENDED AND BENT BACK. ALL HATCHES CLOSED. ELEVATED GUN AFT OF CONNING TOWER. STERN BURIED IN SEA BED. DAMAGE ACROSS HULL SUGGESTS RAMMING WAS CAUSE OF SINKING. 88MM DECK GUN MANUFACTURED BY KRUPP, NUMBER 1710. (LETTERS, G WADSWORTH & V J FOX). HH091/051/01 16.1.04 HH091/051/01 16.1.04 EXAMINED 17.10.03 IN 5603.701N, 0229.725W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.1 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LIES 101/190DEGS. INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 1051). AMEND WK 35MTRS. BR STD. 22.1.08 22.1.08 POSTIVELY IDENTIFIED FROM FIELD NUMBER ON GUN AS U 74. (K HEATH, TELECON 21.1.08) 22.9.10 22.9.10 HIGHEST POINT OF THE WK IS THE BULBOUS BOW AT 42MTRS. TRAWL NET CAUGHT ON BOW. STERN BURIED IN BANK OF SILT. DIAGRAM & PHOTOS. (DIVER MAGAZINE OCT '10)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, STERN BURIED

Position: 56 3.701 N,2 29.725 W

 

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