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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. British captain
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. David b summers
26. Denewood
27. Django
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Edernian
30. El argentino
31. El dorado
32. Ethel radcliffe
33. Excellenz mehnert
34. Farmatyr
35. Fidelio
36. Firth
37. Frumenton
38. Gasfire
39. Gena
40. Geneva
41. George fisher
42. Gipsy (possibly)
43. Girl linda
44. Glen tilt (possibly)
45. Glynn
46. Groenlo
47. Gulf breaker
48. H h petersen
49. Helena
50. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms donside (possibly)
55. Hms evesham (possibly)
56. Hms exmoor
57. Hms fontenoy
58. Hms glen prosen
59. Hms irvana (part of)
60. Hms jessie nutten
61. Hms kaphreda
62. Hms m a west (probably)
63. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
64. Hms orthos (probably)
65. Hms pelton (probably)
66. Hms speeton (possibly)
67. Hms spider
68. Hms tettenhall
69. Hms tonbridge
70. Hms tugela
71. Hms washington (probably)
72. Hmsm d5
73. Hornchurch
74. Impulsion
75. Jamesina
76. Kenneth hawksfield
77. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
78. Knitsley (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Lapwing
81. Liliane (possibly)
82. Lindisfarne (probably)
83. Lingfield
84. Lisette
85. Mardyke
86. Maria rosa
87. Marianne (probably)
88. Mascota (possibly)
89. Mascotte
90. Memento (possibly)
91. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
92. Merchant
93. Mercurius
94. Mirella
95. Mudo
96. Murdoch (probably)
97. Nadir
98. Navarra (possibly)
99. Nereus
100. Newhaven (possibly)
101. Nominoe
102. Nordborg (possibly)
103. Novocastrian
104. Oil trader
105. Otis tarda
106. Philipp m
107. Pluton
108. Polaris
109. Prima
110. Quest
111. Regain
112. Ren
113. Reward (possibly)
114. Rhenas (possibly)
115. Rhineland
116. Robin iv
117. Robrix
118. Rochester city
119. Rogate
120. Roxanna
121. Rye
122. Scimitar
123. Scotia
124. Sea rhine
125. Silksworth hall (probably).
126. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
127. Skodsburg (possibly)
128. Southford
129. St patrick
130. Stad alkmaar
131. Stanmount
132. Sunniside (probably)
133. Taber park
134. Thomas m (possibly)
135. Tidal (possibly)
136. Tregantle (possibly)
137. U 13 (probably)
138. Ui-001
139. Vanguard
140. Viola (possibly)
141. Virgilia
142. War mehtar
143. War valley
144. White swan
145. White swan (possibly)
146. Wyetown
147. Yewkyle (possibly)
148. Yewvalley (possibly)
149. 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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