U74

Type: UEI class submarine

Picture:

Wreck Information: Displacement: 745-755/830 tons, two propellers; 800-900/800-900 hp; 10/7.9 kts. Its Armament is 2 x 19.7in (500mm) torpedo tubes (side on deck); 1 3.4 or 4.1in (86 or 125mm) guns according to variations within class; 32 mines and 2 tubes   

Harbour / slip: Dunbar Harbour

Parking directions:   Drop gear at the harbour side then move vehicle to behind the Dunbar sports centre. dont block the harbour road as the emergency services use it & you will be asked to move.       

Distance from harbour:  3 miles  

Lat & Long:     56.06179N     -2.49507W

Chart:

Depth: 45m

Tides: Tide Tables

Diveboat: North Star

Diveshop: Aberdeen Watersports Splash Sports Dundee

Accommodation:  Marine Quest Eyemouth or hotels in Dunbar

Suggested experience: Master diver/trained decompression diver, mixed gas diver.

Other comments:

Pub: Harbour Inn or the Marine Hotel                          

Created by:     John Nicolson         

Date:      5/5/07                             

Thanks To: Stewart Russell and Mike Clark for the U/W pictures                       

Underwater photos:

The winch                                                        The Periscope

viewing pannel in the conning tower The deck

Torpedeo tube                                        Conning tower

Wreck diagram:

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