U1277
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Location
Leixões
Dive Type
Recreational
Dive Site
Sea
What you will see
Restrictions, Sandy bottom, Sea Life, Wreck
Average Depth:
28mts
Maximum Depth:
31mts
Water Temperature:
14ºC-20ºC
U Boat - 1277 is a WWII shipwreck. It's a German submarine Type VII/41
from Kriegsmarine. It was constructed on the shipyard of Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack and launched on 3rd May 1944. On his active duty, it only made one Patrol and no ships were sunk or damaged on service. On 3rd June 1945, it was sunk on purpose by the crew to avoid the capture of the submarine by the Allies. The crew who disembarked from the boat in rubber dinghies, landed on the beach at Angeiras, Oporto, Portugal. Then the Portuguese authorities handed over the crew to a British warship in Lisbon.
Diving Site:
The wreck of U boat -1277 is located in a North-West direction from Oporto, 2 miles offshore way, laying at a depth of 31mts.
This dive site is only for experienced divers, as advanced level or more is required, because normally the visibility is poor, 5mts or less. There are also some fishermen ghost nets that can appear putting in danger the divers. However, it is a dive full lot of sea life. Like a little "oasis" in the sand for the sea life.
--Spot description by Paulo Costa
from Kriegsmarine. It was constructed on the shipyard of Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack and launched on 3rd May 1944. On his active duty, it only made one Patrol and no ships were sunk or damaged on service. On 3rd June 1945, it was sunk on purpose by the crew to avoid the capture of the submarine by the Allies. The crew who disembarked from the boat in rubber dinghies, landed on the beach at Angeiras, Oporto, Portugal. Then the Portuguese authorities handed over the crew to a British warship in Lisbon.
Diving Site:
The wreck of U boat -1277 is located in a North-West direction from Oporto, 2 miles offshore way, laying at a depth of 31mts.
This dive site is only for experienced divers, as advanced level or more is required, because normally the visibility is poor, 5mts or less. There are also some fishermen ghost nets that can appear putting in danger the divers. However, it is a dive full lot of sea life. Like a little "oasis" in the sand for the sea life.
--Spot description by Paulo Costa