This is the information page about the shipwreck U 18 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 42.129 N,2 48.081 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Athenic
7. Avra (possibly)
8. Ben barvas
9. Benachie
10. Busy bee (part of)
11. Carolina thornden
12. Carron
13. Cemfjord
14. Charisma
15. Clan mackinlay
16. Clio
17. Clio ii
18. Collingdoc
19. Comet (probably)
20. Corinthia (stern section)
21. Cotovia (probably)
22. Croma
23. Daghestan (probably)
24. Danmark (after part)
25. Dromara
26. Duna
27. Edinboune
28. Elton
29. Emerald wings
30. Empire parsons (possiby)
31. Empire seaman
32. Empire seaman
33. Faro
34. Fulmar (possibly)
35. Gartmore
36. Giralda (possibly)
37. Glen loth
38. Gondolier
39. Gunnaren
40. Hessen
41. Hms albacore (bow section)
42. Hms narborough
43. Hms nessus
44. Hms opal
45. Hms royal oak
46. Hms strathgarry
47. Hms sword dance
48. Hms vanguard
49. Hms zarefah
50. Huntingdon
51. Ilsenstein
52. Invader
53. Irene
54. James barrie
55. Johanna thorden
56. Juanita
57. Juniata (fore part)
58. Jv 526
59. Kathe niederkirchner
60. Lapland
61. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
62. Loch maddy (stern section)
63. Lorne
64. Lycia
65. Malta ii (probably)
66. Martis
67. Martis
68. Minieh
69. Naja (part of)
70. Napier star
71. Navena
72. Neptune
73. Numidian
74. Numidian
75. Ocean racer
76. Pennsylvania
77. Pinnace 288
78. Pitstruan (probably)
79. Pontos
80. Prolific
81. Radiation
82. Reginald
83. Rein (possibly)
84. Reinfield
85. Remus
86. Rfa isleford
87. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
88. Rosebank (possibly)
89. Rosewood
90. Skua flaes beacon
91. Sound fisher
92. Stellatus
93. Sunbeam
94. Svinta
95. Teeswood
96. Tennessee
97. Tern 1
98. Thames
99. Thunfisch
100. U 18 (probably)
101. Ub 116
102. V 81
103. Viking (probably)

 

Name: U 18 (PROBABLY)

Length 62.2 meter, width: 6.1 meter, tonnage 691 ton

Cause: rammed by hm trawler dorothy gray, surrendered and was scuttled.

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 163 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 584100N, 025500W. (NHB). H2925/83 14.1.85 LOCATED 9.9.84 IN 584209N, 024800W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LIES IN A TROUGH BETWEEN TWO SANDWAVES OF GREATER HEIGHT. DCS3 HT OF WK 4.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS. NFS. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). INS AS WK 65MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 23.8.00 DIVED IN 5842.149N, 0248.006W [WGD] USING DGPS. DEPTH TO WK 69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 3.5MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS WITH BOWS S. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 25MTRS TOWARDS 000 DEGS. SEABED COARSE SAND. WK LIES IN THE TROUGH OF A SANDWAVE. UPRIGHT AND INTACT AND IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. BOW PLATING HAS ROTTED THROUGH AND STERN HAS A LARGE GOUGE WHERE RAMMED. OPEN HATCH ON THE STERN. STBD HYDROPLANE BENT. CONNING TOWER AND FWD HATCHES CLOSED. PERISCOPE MISSING OR RETRACTED. STERN LEVEL WITH THE SAND, THE PROPS BEING BURIED. SCOUR STARTS JUST FWD OF THE TOWER AND RUNS TO THE BOWS. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 15.8.00). NCA. HH091/218/02 - SEP 2007/000086983 21.11.07 EXAM'D 1.6.07 IN 5842.1290N, 0248.0812W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 64.3 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. SCOUR 2.3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 2MTRS TOWARDS 270 DEGS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 163/343 DEGS WITH BOWS NNW. INTACT, UPRIGHT. IN A TROUGH AMONGST SANDWAVES. (NETSURVEY, HI 1218). AMEND WK 64MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM BLOCK 138/08. 13.12.07 COMMERCIAL GUARD REMOVED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS S, LIES IN TROUGH OF SAND WAVE

Position: 58 42.129 N,2 48.081 W

 

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