the submarine surfaced, her bow suddenly stuck up into the air at a steep angle and the submarine sank quickly in the sea stern first. Other boats came to the scene and even heard knocking from the inside of the submarine from the trapped crew. The submarine sank to a depth of taken all 45 crew, engineers and foremen with her. The accident was probably a result of an operational error at the Snorkel facility, but sabotage couldn't be ruled out. Wreck The wreck of U-1053 was located at on 18 March 2010 and her discovery was announced by the Norwegian Navy. The wreck is broken up into several pieces which indicates that the submarine hit the sea floor at a high speed. References Bibliography German Type VIIC submarines U-boats commissioned in 1944 World War II submarines of Germany Ships built in Kiel 1944 ships Maritime incidents in February 1945 Shipwrecks in the North Sea Ships lost with all hands