This is the information page about the shipwreck U 741, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.268 N,0 34.956 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

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.

Name: U 741

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

Cause: Built in 1940. sunk in depth charge attack by corvette hms orchis when 32 miles nw of fecamp. (german submarines).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE U 741. H03737/44 12.12.44 WK IN 500215N, 003615W. (AUTHORITY UNKNOWN). - FNM 2719/44. H121/45 22.3.45 WK IN 500212N, 003612W. (PORTSMOUTH LIST). NFA. 26.4.90 WK 47MTRS IN 500219.5N, 003452.5W [EUR]. ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS JAN 1990). NC 2613. 4.3.91 OGB POSN: 500214N, 003452W. NE 2450. 18.8.99 CONFIRMED THAT THIS WK IS A GERMAN SUBMARINE, NOT THAT CLOSE N [SEE 19742] AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. (I MCCARTNEY/G FURSE, TELECON 17.8.99). IDENTITY OF WK CLOSE N AMENDED TO 'PEARL' (POSSIBLY) [SEE 19742]. 4.7.00 CONSIDERED TO BE U 741. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON 4.7.00). NCA. 4.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 5002.268N, 0034.956W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 2.268 N,0 34.956 W

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