U-965 (Possibly): North Minch
Submarine (20th Century)
Site Name U-965 (Possibly): North Minch
Classification Submarine (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) U965; Point Of Stoer; U 965 (Probably).
Canmore ID 101946
Site Number NB94SW 8004
NGR NB 94048 41798
NGR Description NB c. 917 297
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101946
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NB92NW 8002 c. 917 297
N58 12.43 W5 32.68
NLO: Point of Stoer [name: NC 022 356]
Formerly entered as NB94SW 8456 at cited location NB 9404 4180 [N58 19 W5 31], and also as NB94SW 8002 (unlocated).
See also NB87SW 8001 and NB94SW 8001.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The German submarine U965 was depth charged by HM ships RUPERT and CONN six miles west of Point [of] Stoer.
Surveying Details
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9 August 1984. The site was not found during category A sonar search. However it could possibly be the wreck at 58 12 26N, 005 32 41W.
Report by Land & Marine.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Unknown: length 33m. [No further information].
(Location cited as N58 12.43 W5 32.68).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The loss recorded as that of the U1021 (entered as NB92NW 8001 and NB94SW 8002) is alternatively to be identified as that of the U965 (for which, see NB87SW 8001). The U1021 has been identified as having been sunk off Padstow, Cornwall.
Information from Serena Cant (NMRC), 15 January 2007.
MS/5040.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000796
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.31667,-5.51667
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.31627,-5.51789
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 85
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : U 965 (PROBABLY).
Type : SUBMARINE
Flag : GERMAN
Length : 67.1
Beam : 6.1
Draught : 4.9
Tonnage : 871
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 30/03/1945
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1945
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **DEPTH CHARGED BY HM SHIPS RUPERT AND CONN 6M W OF POINT STOER AND SUNK.
Surveying Details : **H2883/83 9.8.84 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR SEARCH. COULD POSSIBLY BE WK IN 581226N, 053241W. (LAND & MARINE, HI 159). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 06/08/2003
