This is the information page about the shipwreck U 778, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 32.484 N,7 28.772 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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Name: U 778

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

Cause: built in 1944 by kreigsmarine-werft, wilhelmshaven. sank while under tow in operation deadlight.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H0573/46 H0573/46 SUNK IN 553250N, 072915W. (OPERATION DEADLIGHT). H1173/66 20.5.66 H1173/66 20.5.66 EXAM'D IN 553228N, 072843W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 198FT IN GEN DEPTH 215FT. NO SCOUR. POOR SONAR EXCEPT FROM SW. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 7.10.65). H2265/73 13.6.73 H2265/73 13.6.73 INS AS WK 60. NC 2811. H2175/81 12.1.81 H2175/81 12.1.81 EXAM'D 27.11.79 IN 553230N, 072844W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS. LYING UPRIGHT AND INTACT. DEFINITE WK OF A SUBMARINE. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). AMEND TO WK 57MTRS. BR STD. 25.4.07 25.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5532.484N, 0728.772W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 4MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). INTACT. LIES 135/315 DEGS. PROBABLY PARTIALLY BURIED. RETAIN WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/17 2.11.01 HH100/351/17 2.11.01 THIS IS U778. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY). NCA. 8.2.13 8.2.13 NAMED AS U 778. (WARSHIPS, U-BOATS & LINERS - GSI, 2012). CINC DELETED. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 60.63MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 60MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT, ?PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 55 32.484 N,7 28.772 W

 

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