Hi Richard

The wreck of a type VIIC U-boat was discovered by Innes McCartney in position 50.02,7N, 02.01W on 1 June 1999. Its details are described from page 269 to 276 in his book "The Maritime Archaeology of a Modern Conflict" but the author believed the wreck to be U-772. However, further analyzing the details of the wreck it was positively identified as U-1200 by Axel Niestlé, the leading researcher of the U-boat fates.

I've read the report of the depth charge attacks carried out by the Castle class corvettes of Escort Group 30 south of Ireland during the night of 10/11 November 1944. The attacks were made on Asdic contacts only and brought air bubbles, large quantities of oil and some debris to the surface. Some oil and a petrol tin of Shell Mex pattern was recovered, but it was an insufficient amount of oil for analysis - it could also have come from the ships of a convoy that passed over the attack position during the hunt. So there is no evidence that a U-boat was present and the initial attribution of the loss of U-1200 to this attack shortly after the war is questionable.

Best regards
Rainer

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