This is the information page about the shipwreck U 86 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.066 N,0 33.912 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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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69. U 86 (possibly)
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71. Vigda
72. War helmet
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74. Whale unit 552 (possibly)
75. Zaanstroom

 

Name: U 86 (POSSIBLY)

Length 70.1 meter, width: 6.4 meter, tonnage 946 ton

Cause: Scuttled. (dir. of dockyards).

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1921, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H4554/21 23.7.21 SUNK IN 502850N, 003430W. (DIR. OF DOCKYARDS). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BR STD. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. 14.8.74 AMEND TO USC PA 45MTRS. NC 2450. H4121/76 20.1.77 NOT LOCATED DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH IN 502850N, 003430W, BUT 'U 86' MAY BE WK LOCATED 17.6.76 IN 503104N, 003350W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.8 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND TO WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 2450. 10.8.00 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. STATED TO BE THE WRECK OF A TUG. (G ANDERSON/G FURSE, TELECON 10.8.00) NCA. HH090/952/01 28.10.03 EXAM'D 26.4.03 IN 5031.066N, 0033.912W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.0 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS. VERY POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN IN TWO AROUND MIDSHIPS. (GARDLINE, HI 952). RETAIN WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN TWO

Position: 50 31.066 N,0 33.912 W

 

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