This is the information page about the shipwreck U 48, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 17.346 N,1 31.576 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Acer
4. Admiral gardner
5. Africa
6. Agen
7. Alabama (possibly)
8. Albion (probably)
9. Algeria
10. Amplegarth
11. Andaman
12. Angelus (possibly)
13. Archon
14. Ashley
15. Atlantic (possibly)
16. Avon
17. Balakani
18. Bravore
19. Ca 4
20. Camisard
21. Cap de la hague
22. Carmen
23. Cathay (part of)
24. Cedrington court
25. Cerne
26. City of brisbane
27. Colbert (possibly)
28. Constanzia
29. Corhaven
30. Correct
31. D'artagnan
32. Dalryan
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dolcoath (part)
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Duiveland
38. Dunbar castle
39. E goodwin ltv
40. Efford
41. Eidsiva (probably)
42. Eleonora
43. Embla (possibly)
44. Emile deschamps
45. Emma
46. Emma (possibly)
47. Empire lough (probably)
48. Empress of fort william (probably)
49. Empress of midland (possibly)
50. En avant
51. Erins isle (possibly)
52. Falcon (probably)
53. Fearless
54. Filleigh
55. Flachsee
56. Flandres
57. Francesco ciampa
58. Fred everard
59. Frons olivae (probably)
60. Fulmar
61. G 85 (possibly)
62. G-42 (possibly)
63. Gad 23
64. Genimar
65. Grazia (possibly)
66. Halcyon
67. Harcalo
68. Hawksdale
69. Henry b plant
70. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
71. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
72. Hmhs anglia
73. Hms alert ?
74. Hms aragonite (part of)
75. Hms aries (possibly)
76. Hms artic trapper
77. Hms brazen
78. Hms carilon
79. Hms carlton
80. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
81. Hms chestnut (probably)
82. Hms city of dundee
83. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
84. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
85. Hms fauvette
86. Hms flirt
87. Hms glen boyne
88. Hms gracie (probably)
89. Hms guardsman
90. Hms kingston galena
91. Hms lydian
92. Hms marcella
93. Hms mastiff (possibly)
94. Hms myrtle
95. Hms napia
96. Hms niger (possibly)
97. Hms northumberland (probably)
98. Hms othello ii
99. Hms peridot
100. Hms pyrope
101. Hms ray of hope
102. Hms restoration (possibly)
103. Hms rodino
104. Hms stirling castle (probably)
105. Hms tamarisk
106. Hms torbay ii (probably)
107. Hms tourmaline
108. Hms tranquil
109. Hms war sepoy
110. Hms weigelia
111. Hms wessex
112. Hmsm b2
113. Hundvaag
114. Ilaro
115. Ira (possibly)
116. Irene
117. Jacob luckenbach
118. James harrod
119. Kabinda
120. Kadru
121. Karmt
122. Katharina kolkmann
123. Kielce
124. Kirsten skou
125. Koenigshaven
126. L'armandeche
127. Lady stella
128. Latona
129. Laurl coin
130. Lbv (m)396
131. Le pelerin de la mer
132. Leicester
133. Leo
134. Lisbeth m
135. Loanda
136. Lord hamilton (possibly)
137. Luray victory
138. Lusitania
139. Mahratta
140. Mahratta ii
141. Maloja 1
142. Malta (probably)
143. Menapier
144. Merel (part of)(possibly)
145. Mersey
146. Mi amigo
147. Monarch
148. Murillo
149. Nancy moran
150. Newlands
151. Norman
152. Norman
153. North eastern victory
154. Ocean hound
155. Opal
156. Ousel (probably)
157. Paros isle
158. Polgrange
159. Ponzano
160. Preussen
161. Pulborough
162. Quentovic
163. Rubislaw
164. Rydal force
165. Rynanna
166. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
167. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
168. Sabac
169. Saidieh
170. Saint michael veillez sur nous
171. Saint ronan (possibly)
172. Saint ronan (possibly)
173. Sambut
174. San calisto
175. Santagata
176. Santagata (?part of)
177. Selma (possibly)
178. Slesvig
179. Spaarndem
180. Strathclyde
181. Surrey
182. Tbd 317
183. Teeswood
184. Texaco caribbean (after section)
185. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
186. The queen
187. Tina primo
188. Tongue sand tower (remains)
189. Toornvliet (probably)
190. Toward
191. Traquair (probably)
192. Tummel (probably)
193. U 11 (possibly)
194. U 16 (possibly)
195. Ub 108 (possibly)
196. Ub 109
197. Ub 29 (possibly)
198. Ub 55 (probably)
199. Ub 78
200. Uc 21 (possibly)
201. Uc 26
202. Uc 46
203. Uc 46 (possibly)
204. Uc 77 (possibly)
205. Ursus (part)
206. Velocitas
207. Virginie
208. W a scholten
209. Westerley star
210. Wheatman (possibly)
211. Will and maggie (probably)
212. Woodtown (possibly)
213. Xanthence

 

Name: U 48

Length 64.9 meter, width: 6.1 meter, tonnage 940 ton

Cause: Passage wilhelmshaven for patrol & return. bombed by allied aircraft. was fouled in the old net barrage. driven ashore & unable to refloat. she was attacked by hm drifters 'majesty' & 'paramount' aided by warships 'feasible' & 'gipsy', several crew being killed. (close's 'naval war in n. sea' & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 102 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H5854/47 STUMP OF MAST. DRIES 4FT. (HMS FRANKLIN, SURVEY [E8185], DTD 1947). 7.2.51 INS AS ST (DRIES 4FT). NC 1828. H927/60 30.9.60 NOT SEEN AT LWS. LARGE SAND BANK, DRYING APPROX 3FT, IN THIS VICINITY. (ECES, DTD 1959). AMEND TO FOUL.

- NM 906/60. H2421/62 23.8.62 NOT SEEN, NO SPECIAL SEARCH MADE. (HMS EGERIA, DTD MAY 1962). NCA. H2234/71 5.6.73 WK OF SUBMARINE IN 511730N, 013124E. POSSIBLY THE U-48. (NEWS CUTTING). CONFIRMED AS SUBMARINE, CONNING TOWER IN 511719N, 013138E USING HSA. (HMS ECHO). H2234/71 13.6.73 WK IN 511719N, 013138E USING HSA. DRIES 6FT. LIES WITH 45DEG LIST TO PORT IN GEN DEPTH 14FT ON HEADING ENE. (TH, SIG DTD 5.6.73). AMENDED TO ST, DRIES 6FT.

- NM 1240/73. 6.7.73 NOW SHOWN AS ST, DRIES 1.8MTRS. NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 EXAM'D IN 511719N, 013138E USING HSA. DRIES 1.8MTRS BY VISUAL INSPECTION. (HMS ECHO). NCA. H1938/78 20.3.81 NOT FOUND. VISUAL INSPECTION AT LW SPRINGS FAILED TO LOCATE WK. PRESUME NOW COVERED WITHIN SANDS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). AMENDED TO ABEY. BR STD. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 PROPELLER STILL IN POSITION. MAIN DECK HOLED IN MANY PLACES & BOW EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. CONNING TOWER MISSING. FEW LIVE SHELLS NEAR FORWARDD END. (E KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). HH090/511/01 16.10.91 NOT FOUND. NOT ACTIVELY SEARCHED FOR. GEN DEPTH NOW 2MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 511). HH090/738/01 11.9.97 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. NOT SEEN ON DCS3 OR E/S. (NP 1016, HI 738). AMENDED TO DEAD. NCA. HH091/294/01 - SEP 2010/000060716 8.4.10 LOCATED BY M/B IN5117.351N, 0131.529E [WGD]. NOT SURVEYED. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). INS AS WK (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED). BR STD. SEP 2010000037335 8.7.10 INS AS DANGER CIRCLE, WK, NO DEPTH SPECIFIED.

- NM 3613/10. RSDRA2022000003820 21.03.22 EXAM'D 01.10.2021; IN 5117.346N, 0131.576E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS. LENGTH 37.73MTRS, WIDTH 4.16MTRS, HEIGHT 1.17MTRS, ORIENTATION 102/282 DEGS. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1743, H525-WI-13820). AMEND DW 3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2023000028014 5.7.23 lOCATED IN 5117.346N, 0131.576E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.17MTRS. NFS ( A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1769 - GS4 CHECKLINES). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 51 17.346 N,1 31.576 E

 

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