This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 51.061 N,5 29.971 W (49.851017, -5.499517)

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: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 26 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H2979/74 14.2.75 H2979/74 14.2.75 FF BELIEVED WRECK IN 495113N, 052948W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1975). H2979/74 17.2.76 H2979/74 17.2.76 FF IN 495103N, 052949W USING DECCA. (E GILES, HYDROSERVE LTD., 29.1.76). H4551/76 17.11.76 H4551/76 17.11.76 SMALL SUBMARINE REPD IN 495120.4N, 052952W [EUR] USING DECCA. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 27.10.76, SURVEYED IN 1955-56). H2979/74 15.3.77 H2979/74 15.3.77 FF REPORTED IN 495103N, 052949W [OGB] EXTENDING TO 495113N 052951W [OGB]. POSNS BY DECCA. STATED AS BIG. CONFIRMS EARLIER FF POSNS. (E GILES, 3.2.77). H2979/74 25.11.77 H2979/74 25.11.77 TWO FFS REPD IN 495113N, 053000W [OGB] AND 495138N, 052933W [OGB]. POSNS BY DECCA. (E GILES, 12.5.77). 23.5.97 23.5.97 DIVED ON AND REPD TO BE WK OF WW2 U-BOAT WHICH IS FAIRLY BROKEN UP WITH PERISCOPES STANDING PROUD TO A HEIGHT OF APPROX 10MTRS. SHE LIES IN 80MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK 70MTRS IN 495113N, 052948W [OGB]. BR STD. HH091/059/01 12.4.05 HH091/059/01 12.4.05 EXAM'D 15.9.04 IN 4951.061N, 0529.971W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 74.5 IN GEN DEPTH 79.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 026/206 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 74MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 49 51.061 N,5 29.971 W

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