This is the information page about the shipwreck U 12, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 14.618 N,1 51.422 W (56.5, -12)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Aikaterini
2. Alida gorthon
3. Ampleforth
4. Astra ii
5. Auriac (probably)
6. Boyne castle (possibly)
7. Burnstone
8. Captain
9. Centaruo i
10. Choice
11. Dalblair
12. Daydawn
13. Empire claire
14. Empire moose
15. Exmouth
16. Fellside
17. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
18. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
19. Grenmar (possibly)
20. Gyda
21. Hansa
22. Har zion
23. Harley (part of)(possibly)
24. Hms st briac
25. King robert
26. Kotka
27. Loch lomond
28. Nerissa
29. Northards
30. Olympier
31. Oropesa
32. Rushpool
33. Sesostris
34. Shakespeare
35. U 1103
36. U 1194
37. U 2354
38. U 3514
39. U 532
40. Vale (possibly)
41. Victor ross
42. Victoria
43. Vogtland

 

Name: U 12

Length 57.4 meter, width: 6 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 611 ton

Cause: built 1908-1911 by kaiserlicht werft, danzig. rammed and sunk by hms ariel. 9 lives lost. (die deutschen kriegsschiffen).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 560700N, 022000W, APPROX. (DIE DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSSCHIFFEN) HH091/152/01 - SEP 2007/000069355 20.9.07 EXAM'D 4.9.06 IN 5614.618N, 0151.422W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.1 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 59.5MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HT 5.9MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT WK. ITEM OF DEBRIS 1.5 X 1.5 X 0.8MTRS LIES 15MTRS W. MAST OR SIMILAR STRUCTURE STANDS 2MTRS HIGHER THAN THE MAIN BODY OF THE WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1152). INS AS WK 39MTRS.

- NM 4719/07. 14.1.08 DIVED IN CHARTED POSN. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS U 12 BY DESIGN OF 2 STERN TORPEDO TUBES & CONNING TOWER FITTINGS. LIES UPRIGHT WITH BRASS PROPELLERS CLEAR OF SEABED. CONNING TOWER IS HIGHEST POINT, WITH HATCH OPEN. WK HAS BEEN TRAWLED OVER, NETS ARE ATTACHED. (K HEATH, E-MAIL DTD 12.1.08 & MARK SINCLAIR, TELECON 14.1.08). NCA. 9.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?MAST STANDS 2MTRS

Position: 56 14.618 N,1 51.422 W

 

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