This is the information page about the shipwreck U 864, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 46.19 N,4 37.24 E (60.769833333333, 4.6206666666667)
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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 864
Length 87.6 meter, width: 7.5 meter, tonnage 1804 ton
Cause: 9.2.45 torpedoed & sunk by hm submarine 'venturer' 9.2.45 (german submarines 2).
Year of registration: 2006
Water depth above wreck: 150 meter
Known since: 2006, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2006/000386116 27.10.06 RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 500MTRS CENTRED ON 6046.19N, 0437.24E [WGD]. DIVING, FISHING & TRAWLING WITH THE USE OF SEABED GEAR OF ANY DESCRIPTION IS PROHIBITED. WRECK IS THAT OF THE U 864. (NORWEGIAN NM 19/1053 & 1101/06). INS RESTRICTED AREA.
- NM 5595/06. 27.11.06 SHOWN IN NM 5595/06 AS AN HISTORIC WRECK. NORWEIGIAN NM DOES NOT FULLY SUPPORT SUCH A DESIGNATION WHICH SHOULD BE AMENDED ON THE AFFECTED CHARTS AS THEY COME UP FOR NE. 29.8.07 SHOWN AS NDW WITH RESTRICTED AREA ON NORWEGIAN 120 [REPRINT 05/07, CORRECT TO 09/07, ADOPTION]. NC 3556. NM ACTION REQUIRED TO INSERT ON MISSED LARGEST SCALE 3504, & DELETE LEGEND HISTORIC WK & NOTE FROM OTHER SCALES.
- NM 4412/07. SEP 2013/0001190523 1.11.13 SHOWN AS WK USC 101MTRS ON NO3Z0808 [EDN 2.0]. SEP 2013/000248215 18.11.13 WK IN 6046.22N, 0437.34E [EUR]. (NORWEGIAN NM 21/49266/13). [WGD] POSN: 6046.191N, 0437.242E. SHOWN ON BA 3504 [EDN 2 DTD 2.5.13, REPRO OF NORWEGIAN INT 483] WITH REST'D AREA, RADIUS 0.25 MILE.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Restricted Area 500m radius.
Position: 60 46.19 N,4 37.24 E