U-482: North Channel
Submarine (20th Century)
Site Name U-482: North Channel
Classification Submarine (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) U482; '6 Miles Nw Of Machrihanish'; Irish Sea; Atlantic; U 482; U-482
Canmore ID 102673
Site Number NR52NW 8001
NGR NR 54781 29767
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102673
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR53SE 8001 5654 3028
N55 30.3 W5 51.35
NLO: Machrihanish [name: NR 638 207].
Formerly entered as NR53SE 1 and NR53SE 9304.
Quality of fix = HF6
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 64
Orientation of keel/wreck = 045/225
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The U482 submarine was depth charged and sunk by HM ships PEACOCK, HART, STARLING and AMESTHYST.
Surveying Details
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6 June 1969. The vessel was sunk approximately 6 miles NW of Machrihanish or 55 30 00N, 005 53 00W.
Source; German Submarines Vol 1 and 2.
7 August 1985. The site was examined on 29 May 1985 at 55 30 18N, 005 51 21W or decca (n.brit) red g 11.60, purple h 57.18. The least echosounder depth was 56.3 in a general depth of 64 metres. A scour to the depth of 1 metre was observed. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 6.4 metres and length of 70 metres (230 feet). The vessel is lying on an orientation of 045/225 degrees.
Report by HMS BULLDOG.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as submarine: date of loss cited as 16 January 1945). U-482: this vessel was depth-charged 6 miles NW of Machrihanish. 48 dead.
Registration: German. 871 tons displacement. Length: 66m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 30.00 W5 53.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1816
Name : U-482
Latitude : 553000
Longitude : 55300
Registration : GERMAN
Type : SUBMARINE
Tonnage : 871
Tonnage Code : D
Length : 66
Beam : 6
Draught : 5m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 16
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1945
Comment : Depth charged 6 miles NW of Machrihanish. 48 dead.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 063309
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.50000,-5.88333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.49996,-5.88436
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 70
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : U 482
Type : SUBMARINE
Flag : GERMAN
Length : 67.1
Beam : 6.1
Draught : 4.9
Tonnage : 871
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 16/01/1945
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1945
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **DEPTH CHARGED AND SUNK BY HM SHIPS PEACOCK, HART, STARLING, LOCH CRAGGIE & AMETHYST. TYPE VIIC BOAT. NO SURVIVORS.
Surveying Details : **6.6.69 SUNK IN APPROX POSN 6 MILES NW OF MACHRIHANISH. (GERMAN SUBMARINES VOL 1 & 2). POSN 553000N, 055300W, APPROX. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 21/11/2003
