Shipwrecks · Villa Clara
German submarine U-176
German submarine U-176 is a shipwreck at 23°21′00″N 80°17′59″W in Villa Clara province. German submarine U-176 was a Type IXC U-boat in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Built at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, she was laid down on 6 February 1941, launched on 12 September and commissioned on 15 December, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Reiner Dierksen. U-176 served with the 4.
German submarine U-176: coast and water
17330 m at 204°: Bajo Nicolao (reef); 19250 m at 166°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef); 24560 m at 229°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz Lighthouse (lighthouse); 27120 m at 215°: Punta Blanquizal (point); 27360 m at 165°: Bahía Obispo (bay); 28960 m at 215°: Punta Mujeres (point); 32060 m at 155°: Canalizo Bachicha (channel); 32920 m at 246°: Arrecife La Corona (reef); 33820 m at 248°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 34030 m at 151°: La Canaleja (channel); 35990 m at 145°: Boca de Sagua la Grande (channel); 36260 m at 211°: Bahía de Santa Clara (bay); 36900 m at 242°: Canal de La Corona (channel); 37430 m at 235°: Bahía de Flamenco (bay).
German submarine U-176: islands
24620 m at 162°: Cayo Verde (island); 26600 m at 212°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 28840 m at 160°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (island); 29220 m at 177°: Cayo Esperanza (island); 31760 m at 200°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 32430 m at 189°: Cayo Picheles (island); 32490 m at 170°: Cayo Mahomito (island); 32980 m at 212°: Cayo Pasaje (island).
German submarine U-176: inland
45220 m at 206°: Río Sierra Morena (stream); 45290 m at 203°: Playa Sierra Morena (settlement); 46010 m at 216°: Santa Rosalía (locality); 46170 m at 201°: El Griego (locality); 46380 m at 203°: Vergara (locality); 46690 m at 221°: Pepín (locality).
German submarine U-176: distances
44930 m at 203°: Playa La Fe; 46230 m at 188°: Salinas del Jatal; 48930 m at 170°: Playa de Durán; 102140 m at 159°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 134020 m at 256°: Port of Matanzas (port); 87560 m at 256°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).
German submarine U-176: close by
14130 m at 191°: Arrecife Mégano de Nicolao (reef); 15470 m at 213°: Arrecife de Nicolao (reef); 17330 m at 204°: Bajo Nicolao (reef); 19250 m at 166°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef); 24620 m at 162°: Cayo Verde (cay); 24790 m at 229°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (cay); 24800 m at 193°: Cayo Alcatraces (cay); 24960 m at 169°: Cayo Basura (cay).
German submarine U-176: on and around
Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs.
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German submarine U-176: marine life records
5 records of 5 species within 8 km, 1938 to 1938: 2 fish, 1 other, 1 echinoderms, 1 corals. That is 2.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Porifera, 1 (other); Monomitopus agassizii, 1 (fish); Dibranchus atlanticus, 1 (fish); Ophiacantha mesembria, 1 (echinoderms); Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) laevifundus, 1 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
German submarine U-176: notes
Ask a dive centre whether the wreck can be visited.
Sources and data
Name and position: Wikipedia (coordinates) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel. For a wreck this is the sinking or wreck site recorded in Wikidata or Wikipedia; the hull may since have been raised, moved or broken up.