This is the information page about the shipwreck U 843 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 58.17 N,11 13.385 E (58.239183333333, 11.2611)
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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 843 (POSSIBLY)
Length 76.8 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1232 ton
Cause: sunk by british aircraft while returning from far east.
Year of registration: 1957
Water depth above wreck: 101 meter
Known since: 1957, last detected: 2023
Details measurements/cartography: H5813/57 25.11.57 SUNK IN 575800N, 111500E APPROX. (DOCKET H5932/57, HISTORICAL ACTION). - NCA. SEP 2010/000163182 9.11.10 WK 100MTRS SHOWN IN 5758.170N, 1113.385E [WGD] ON SE4DI7L8 [EDN 13.2]. SEP 2016/000149903 6.10.16 SHOWN AS NDW 100MTRS IN 5758.170N, 1113.385E [WGD] ON SWEDISH 932. [ED 11, COR TO 12.4.16]. AMEND TO NDW 100MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 57 58.17 N,11 13.385 E