This is the information page about the shipwreck Underwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 59.915 N,5 31.612 W (49.998583, -5.526867)

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.

Name: UNDERWOOD

Length 80.2 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1990 ton
Load: armament,vehicles,general and mixed goods

Cause: torpedoed by e-boat en route liverpool to portsmouth. owner at time of loss was the ministry of war transport. (c-in-c portsmouth). sunk by e-boat whilst en route from clyde, liverpool & milford haven to portsmouth with cargo of government stores including trucks & invasion barges. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20160613

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SUNK IN 495700N, 052800W. (TRADE DIV LIST, JAN 1944). H113/45 19.4.60 POOR SONAR CONTACT, POOR POSN, IN 495930N, 053130W. LENGTH 303FT, HEIGHT 42FT. DIRN 090/270DEGS. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H113/45 4.7.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT, FAIR POSN, IN 500000N, 053130W. LENGTH 303FT, HEIGHT 42FT. DIRN 090/270DEGS. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). 29.12.44 GOOD SONAR CONTACT, GOOD POSN, IN 495936N, 053130W. LENGTH 303FT, HEIGHT 42FT. DIRN 090/270DEGS. (AUBD 301/32, ESCORT GROUP 9 29.12.44-25.1.45). 14.7.66 INS NDW IN 495936N, 053130W. R/S. H2979/74 24.7.74 LOCATED IN 495954N, 053136W USING DECCA. STATED TO BE SS 'UNDERWOOD' FROM PROPELLER BOSS. BOWS E. WK SINKING IN SAND BUT NO SCOUR. APPEARANCE OF BULGE OF STEEL IN SAND LIES ON PORT SIDE ABOUT 10FT HIGH. MUCH BROKEN UP. (E GILES, 1974). AMEND TO WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H2979/74 17.2.76 FF IN 495957N, 053132W USING DECCA. LOCATED WITH MAGNETOMETER BUT NOT DIVED ON. (E GILES, HYDROSERVE LTD., 29.1.76). H2590/76 26.2.76 H2590/76 26.2.76 LOCATED IN POSN 495953.8N, 053132W [OGB] USING HI-FIX [2 LOP]. CLOSELY SOUNDED OVER GIVING LEAST E/S DEPTH 42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). AMEND TO WK 42MTRS [23FMS] IN REVISED POSN. NE 777. H1286/76/212 22.6.76 LOCATED USING DECCA. E/S TRACE SUPPLIED. LEAST DEPTH 141FT. (T E CAKEBREAD, 11.5.76). NCA. H5982/82 20.4.83 WKS SHOWN IN 500018N, 053104W AND 500007N, 053103W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)6, 1982. POSNS BY DECCA. NCA. SEP 2016/000091765 27.10.16 EXAM'D; 13.6.16 IN 4959.915N, 0531.612W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS, LENGTH 91.4MTRS, WIDTH 28.6MTRS, HEIGHT 3.24MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/280 DEGS. WRECK IS SEVERELY DETERIORATED AND PARTIALLY BURIED WITH BOW AND STERN SECTIONS TWISTED ON THE SEABED. (MMT, HI 1500). AMEND NDW 47 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 59.915 N,5 31.612 W

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