Wreck: U 743 (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck U 743, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 37.799 N,7 25.922 W (55.7053, -7.5799166666667)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: U 743
Length 58 meter, width: 7.5 meter, draught: 4.7
Cause: a type viic boat. built in 1943 by schichau of danzig. oil engines of 3000 bhp for 12 knots (surfaced). sunk in operation deadlight.
Year of registration: 1946
Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1946, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H0573/46 H0573/46 SUNK IN 553712N, 073000W. (OPERATION DEADLIGHT). H4131/68 11.6.68 H4131/68 11.6.68 NOT FOUND. (HMS HECATE, ROS 1967). H2175/81 8.1.81 H2175/81 8.1.81 EXAM'D 4.3.80 IN 553744N, 072554W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS. LYING NNE/SSW. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM WELL DEFINED HULL. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). BR STD. 25.4.07 25.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5537.799N, 0725.922W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 7.5MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 045/225 DEGS. INTACT AND PROBABLY UPRIGHT. RETAIN WK 58MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/17 2.11.01 HH100/351/17 2.11.01 THIS IS U 743. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY). NCA. 8.2.13 8.2.13 NAMED AS U 743. (WARSHIPS, U-BOATS & LINERS - GSI, 2012). CINC DELETED. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 58.43MTRS. (GSI). RETAIN WK 58MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT
Position: 55 37.799 N,7 25.922 W
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