Wreck: U 95 (Submarine)

This is the information page about the shipwreck U 95, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 55.482 N,5 11.701 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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 95

Length 71.6 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 838 ton

Cause: built in 1917. oil engines of 2400 bhp for 16.8 knots surfaced, motors of 1200 bhp for 8.6 knots submerged. six 19.7 inch torpedo tubes, four bow, two stern. one gun. complement 39. noted as 'missing' in 1918 in the channel. photo. (warships of ww1) built by germaniawerft, kiel. sunk in collision with british ss braeneil. all 43 crew lost. (die deutschen kriegschiffe vol.3)

Year of registration: 2004

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm

Known since: 2004, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/059/01 12.4.05 EXAM'D 18.9.04 IN 4955.483N, 0511.705W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.4 IN GEN DEPTH 70.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 161/241DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. ?SUBMARINE. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS WK 65MTRS. BR STD. HH091/059/01 21.11.05 EXAM'D IN 4955.482N, 0511.701W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.6MTRS. HT 4.9MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). CONFIRMED SUBMARINE FROM M/B DATA. RETAIN WK 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 5.9.06 DIVED IN LISTED POSN ON 4.9.06. CONFIRMED TO BE A GERMAN WW1 SUBMARINE. HATCHES CLOSED. STERN BADLY DAMAGED. MUNITIONS STREWN ON SEABED. (G POUND TELECON 4.9.06) 19.9.06 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BOW DAMAGED. EXAMINATION OF VIDEO FOOTAGE OBTAINED, AND RESEARCH CONFIRMS THIS SUBMARINE TO BE U 95, WHICH WAS RAMMED BY BRITISH SS BRAENEIL. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON 18.9.06) SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 4959.00N, 0512.00W. (DIE DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSCHIFFE VOL.3) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, STERN BADLY DAMAGED

Position: 49 55.482 N,5 11.701 W

 

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