Hms/m H11: North Sea

NO80NE 8003 8813 0737

N56 15.528 W2 11.494

NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694]

Burnmouth [name: NT 950 610]

Berwick-upon-Tweed [name centred NT 999 528]

(in England).

Location formerly cited as NU 0291 7373 [N55 57 W1 57], and assigned to quasi-administrative area designated as Maritime - Scottish Borders.

Formerly also entered as Site no. 8003 at NU c. 02 73 [N55 57 W1 57].

Quality of fix = PA

Evidence = Estimated

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 63

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The submarine was depth charged by SAN frigate NATAL 10 miles NE of Berwick.

Source: German Submarines 2.

Surveying Details

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24 October 1969. The submarine's sinking position is given as 55 57 00N 001 57 00W.

Source: authority not known.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

(Classified as submarine: date of loss cited as N55 49.0 W1 50.0). HMS H11: this vessel foundered under tow 6 miles off Berwick. Registration: London.

(Location of loss cited as N55 49.0 W1 50.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Noted by NMRC as NU05SE 23 (1433619) at [unverified] location N55 45.9 W1 53.0, 'off Berwick, Northumberland'.

MS/2729.

(No location cited: identified as HMS/M H11). Lying upright in general depths of 71m in an East to West orientation, covered in net but still fairly intact, props still in place but some small damage to hydroplanes and rudder, large crack in the pressure hull aft of the rotating bow cap, periscopes intact and in place under the netting, the conning tower has indeed been sheathed in brass or bronze sheeting, (originally built as an open bridge with canvas dodgers, they were converted by the RN to give some measure of protection for service in the North Sea) the remains of an aerial can still be seen aft of the tower.

Source: Diver, April 2007.

The wreck at this location was formerly identified as the U-714, for which see NT96SE 8027.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 May 2007.