This is the information page about the shipwreck U 13 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 27.309 N,2 1.5 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Astrologer
7. Atle
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Boy karl
16. British captain
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. City of kobe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Daisy (possibly)
27. David b summers
28. Db 8 (possibly)
29. Denewood
30. Django
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. El dorado
35. Elnet
36. Ethel radcliffe
37. Excellenz mehnert
38. Farmatyr
39. Fidelio
40. Firth
41. Frumenton
42. G and e (possibly)
43. Gasfire
44. Gena
45. Geneva
46. George fisher
47. Gipsy (possibly)
48. Girl linda
49. Glen tilt (possibly)
50. Glynn
51. Groenlo
52. Gulf breaker
53. H h petersen
54. Helena
55. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
56. Hms cantatrice
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms condor (probably)
59. Hms dhoon (probably)
60. Hms donside (possibly)
61. Hms evesham (possibly)
62. Hms exmoor
63. Hms fontenoy
64. Hms glen prosen
65. Hms irvana (part of)
66. Hms jessie nutten
67. Hms kaphreda
68. Hms m a west (probably)
69. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
70. Hms orthos (probably)
71. Hms pelton (probably)
72. Hms speeton (possibly)
73. Hms spider
74. Hms tettenhall
75. Hms tonbridge
76. Hms tugela
77. Hms washington (probably)
78. Hmsm d5
79. Hornchurch
80. Impulsion
81. Jamesina
82. Kenneth hawksfield
83. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
84. Knitsley (possibly)
85. Langeli (possibly)
86. Lapwing
87. Lapwing (possibly)
88. Liliane (possibly)
89. Lindisfarne (probably)
90. Lingfield
91. Lisette
92. Mardyke
93. Maria rosa
94. Marianne (probably)
95. Mascota (possibly)
96. Mascotte
97. Memento (possibly)
98. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
99. Merchant
100. Mercurius
101. Mirella
102. Mudo
103. Murdoch (probably)
104. Nadir
105. Navarra (possibly)
106. Nereus
107. Newhaven (possibly)
108. Nominoe
109. Nordborg (possibly)
110. Novocastrian
111. Oil trader
112. Otis tarda
113. Philipp m
114. Pluton
115. Polaris
116. Prima
117. Quest
118. Regain
119. Ren
120. Reward (possibly)
121. Rhenas (possibly)
122. Rhineland
123. Robin iv
124. Robrix
125. Rochester city
126. Rogate
127. Roxanna
128. Rye
129. Scimitar
130. Scotia
131. Sea rhine
132. Silksworth hall (probably).
133. Sir william stephenson
134. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
135. Skodsburg (possibly)
136. Southford
137. St patrick
138. Stad alkmaar
139. Stanmount
140. Sunniside (probably)
141. Taber park
142. Thomas m (possibly)
143. Tidal (possibly)
144. Tregantle (possibly)
145. Tunisiana
146. U 13 (probably)
147. Uc 62 (possibly)
148. Ui-001
149. Vanguard
150. Viola (possibly)
151. Virgilia
152. War mehtar
153. War valley
154. White swan
155. White swan (possibly)
156. Wyetown
157. Yewkyle (possibly)
158. Yewvalley (possibly)
159. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: U 13 (PROBABLY)

Length 40.8 meter, width: 4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 303 ton

Cause: depth charged by sloop hms weston.

Year of registration: 1925

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 261 cm

Known since: 1925, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H6725/58 13.10.58 522700N 020200E ACCEPTED POSN FOR U 13. NCA. (HISTORICAL SECTION). H3730/69 3.6.69 NOTHING FOUND AFTER INTENSIVE SONAR AND E/S SEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969 ROS). 19.6.69 ANOTHER POSN GIVEN BY VARIOUS GERMAN LOSS AND RECORD BOOKS IS 522600N, 020200E. NCA. HH090/616/01 15.12.94 EXAM'D 4.7.94 IN 522716.53N, 020137.12E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 26.0, FOUL 26.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.0MTR. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LENGTH 44MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. APPPEARS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. NO DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 685/95. HH100/351/15 28.2.00 THIS IS A SUBMARINE, INTACT, LYING WITH A 45DEG TILT TO STBD. CONNING TOWER IS INTACT WITH THE HATCH OPEN. MOST OF THE EXTERNAL CASING IS INTACT, BUT PARTS HAVE COLLAPSED REVEALING THE PRESSURE HULL. MAY BE A U BOAT. ONE FEATURE IS A DIRECTION FINDING AERIAL MOUNTED JUST FORWARD OF THE TOWER. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 26.2.00). NCA. 18.2.08 DCS3 IMAGE ATTACHED. (E-MAIL DTD 15.2.08, FM EMU LTD). SEP 2016/000091758 19.7.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5227.309N, 0201.500E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.66MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 40.2MTRS, WIDTH 8.6MTRS, HEIGHT 2.16MTRS, ORIENTATION 261/081 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 60MTRS, 1.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 180 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND APPEARS TO LIE PARTIALLY ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 27.309 N,2 1.5 E

 

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