![]() ![]() In November 1994 U-1105 was designated Maryland's first historic shipwreck preserve and is a preserved dive site at a depth of 91 feet. ![]() The boat was rediscovered on 29 June, 1985 by a team of support divers led by Uwe Lovas. Final destruction came on 19 September when she was sunk with a new 250 pound MK 6 depth charge suspended 30 feet beneath her hull. She was raised during salvage tests during mid-summer of 1949. The boat was sunk during explosives trials in Chesapeake Bay on 18 Nov, 1948. U-1105 became known as The Black Panther for this reason. Apparently this worked quite well on this boat but overall this was troublesome as the rubber tended to peel off during passage. The coating process became known as Alberich. U-1105 was one of about ten German U-boats that were coated with rubber in an attempt to elude the Allied ASDIC and Sonar detection equipment. This is now a Maryland historic shipwreck preserve dive site. The U-1105 site is one mile west of Piney Point, Maryland at latitude 38.08.10N, longitude 76.33.10W. The boat lies in 91 feet deep water with 65 feet of water over her. Mistakes in archiving the coordinates of the site resulted in the boat being lost until it was re-discovered on Jby a team led by Uwe Lovas. This boat is a dive siteThe boat was sunk during US Navy trials in the lower Potomac River of the coast of St. ![]() See the 1 ships hit by U-1105 - View the 1 war patrol This is now a Maryland historic shipwreck preserve dive site.īlue marker shows the final fate of the boat after the war. Sunk in a second depth charge test on 19 Sep 49 off Piney Point in the Potomac River, MD. Raised on 18 Aug 49 and towed to the Potomac River. Sunk on 29 Sep 48 in Chesapeake Bay in the first of two depth charge tests. Transferred to the US Navy in Dec 45, arriving at Portsmouth Navy Yard, NH on. Post war information ( see more post-war boats): Used for trials by the Royal Navy as N-16 between Jul 45 and Nov 45. Surrendered at Loch Eriboll, Scotland on. 1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,300 tons ![]()
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