U 861

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records U 861 as Submarine (period Unassigned)-(1945). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

U 861 was a German U-boat, specifically a Type VIIC submarine, commissioned in 1942. It was lost in 1945 during the final stages of World War II, likely due to Allied anti-submarine action; no confirmed details of casualties or cargo loss are recorded, though it represents Germany’s continued submarine presence in the North Sea even after the war’s end.