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Locating the Operation Deadlight wrecks

The known concentration of U-boat wrecks made the Deadlight disposal area a useful proving ground for hydrographic and oceanographic survey work.

Question

How many of the scuttled U-boat wrecks have been found?

Short answer

The locations of nearly all are known, and the wreck field has been repeatedly surveyed and dived.

Notes

The positions of nearly all the wrecks are known. Their concentration gave oceanographic vessels an area in which they could try to locate expected targets and assess survey results. Further surveys and some dives have added information about the wreck field.