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U-965 (Possibly): North Minch
Craft
Site Name U-965 (Possibly): North Minch
Classification Craft
Alternative Name(s) U1021; U-1021; Point Of Stoer; 'in The North Minches'; Unknown
Canmore ID 102378
Site Number NB92NW 8001
NGR NB 91765 29710
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102378
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NB92NW 8001 9176 2971
N58 12.4333 W5 32.6833
NLO: Point of Stoer [name: NC 022 356].
See also NB94SW 8001.
Formerly entered as NB92NW 8418.
Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Vertical Scan
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 112
Orientation of keel/wreck = NE/SW
Surveying Details
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8 August 1984. The wreck was examined on 11 August 1983 at 58 12 26N, 005 32 41W using trisponder to fix the position, echo sounder and side scan sonar. The least echo sounder depth was 106 in a general depth of 112 metres. No scouring was observed. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 7 metres, and length of 33 metres (108 feet). The vessel is lying with its keel orientated 045/275 degrees and with its highest part at the NE end. This may possibly be the wreck of the U1021.
Report by Land and Marine.
Note: the site is not considered to be the wreck of a submarine from examination of the sonar traces.
Wrecks Officer.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as Submarine: date of loss cited as 30 March 1945). U-1021: this vessel was sunk in the North Minches by HMS Rupert and HMS Conn. 43 dead. Off Point of Stoer.
Registration: German. 871 tons dispalcement. Length: 66m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 19.50 W5 32.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The loss recorded as that of the U1021 (entered as NB94SW 8001) is alternatively to be identified as that of the U965. The U1021 has been identified as having been sunk off Padstow, Cornwall.
Information from Serena Cant (NMRC), 15 January 2007.
MS/5040.
[Name entered as U-965 (possibly)]. The equation suggested by NMRC is tentatively accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 January 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2102
Name : U-1021
Latitude : 581930
Longitude : 53200
Registration : GERMAN
Type : SUBMARINE
Tonnage : 871
Tonnage Code : D
Length : 66
Beam : 6
Draught : 5m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1945
Comment : Sunk in the North Minches by HMS RUPERT and HMS CONN. 43 dead. Off Pt of Stoer
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000850
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.20722,-5.54472
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.20684,-5.54594
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Electronic Distance Measuring System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 13.0
Depth : 105.0
Depth Method : Found by side-scan sonar
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 112
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Sonar Length : 33.0
Shadow Height : 7.0
Orientation : 45.0
Scour Depth : 0.0
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1984
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **H2883/83 8.8.84 WK EXAM'D 11.8.83 IN 581226N, 053241W USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 106 IN GEN DEPTH 112MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 33MTRS. LYING NE/SW WITH HIGHEST PART AT NE END. ?SUBMARINE. (LAND & MARINE, HI159). INS AS WK 105MTRS. NOT CONSIDERED TO BE WK OF A SUBMARINE FROM EXAMINATION OF SONAR TRACES.
General Comments : INTACT
Chart Symbol : WK 105.0
Date Last Amended : 16/03/2001
