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 (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. Brendonia
20. Ca 4
21. Camisard
22. Cap de la hague
23. Carmen
24. Cathay (part of)
25. Cedrington court
26. Cerne
27. City of brisbane
28. Colbert (possibly)
29. Constanzia
30. Corhaven
31. Corheath
32. Correct
33. D'artagnan
34. Dalryan
35. Diana
36. Dinard
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Dolcoath (part)
39. Dortejensen
40. Duiveland
41. Dunbar castle
42. E goodwin ltv
43. Efford
44. Eidsiva (probably)
45. Eleonora
46. Embla (possibly)
47. Emile deschamps
48. Emma
49. Emma (possibly)
50. Empire lough (probably)
51. Empress of fort william (probably)
52. Empress of midland (possibly)
53. En avant
54. Erins isle (possibly)
55. Falcon (probably)
56. Fearless
57. Filleigh
58. Flachsee
59. Flandres
60. Francesco ciampa
61. Fred everard
62. Frons olivae (probably)
63. Fulmar
64. G 85 (possibly)
65. G-42 (possibly)
66. Gad 23
67. Genimar
68. Girasol
69. Grazia (possibly)
70. Halcyon
71. Harcalo
72. Hawksdale
73. Henry b plant
74. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
75. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
76. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
77. Hmhs anglia
78. Hms alert ?
79. Hms aragonite (part of)
80. Hms aragonite (part of)
81. Hms aries (possibly)
82. Hms artic trapper
83. Hms blanche
84. Hms brazen
85. Hms carilon
86. Hms carlton
87. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
88. Hms chestnut (probably)
89. Hms city of dundee
90. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
91. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
92. Hms fauvette
93. Hms flirt
94. Hms glen boyne
95. Hms gracie (probably)
96. Hms guardsman
97. Hms kingston galena
98. Hms lydian
99. Hms marcella
100. Hms mastiff (possibly)
101. Hms myrtle
102. Hms napia
103. Hms niger (possibly)
104. Hms northumberland (probably)
105. Hms othello ii
106. Hms peridot
107. Hms pyrope
108. Hms ray of hope
109. Hms restoration (possibly)
110. Hms rodino
111. Hms stirling castle (probably)
112. Hms tamarisk
113. Hms torbay ii (probably)
114. Hms tourmaline
115. Hms tranquil
116. Hms war sepoy
117. Hms weigelia
118. Hms wessex
119. Hmsm b2
120. Hundvaag
121. Ilaro
122. Ira (possibly)
123. Irene
124. Jacob luckenbach
125. James harrod
126. Josephine charlotte
127. Jupiter (probably)
128. Kabinda
129. Kadru
130. Karmt
131. Katharina kolkmann
132. Kielce
133. Kirsten skou
134. Koenigshaven
135. L'armandeche
136. Lady stella
137. Latona
138. Laurl coin
139. Lbv (m)396
140. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
141. Le pelerin de la mer
142. Leicester
143. Leo
144. Lisbeth m
145. Loanda
146. Lolworth
147. Lord hamilton (possibly)
148. Luray victory
149. Lusitania
150. Mahratta
151. Mahratta ii
152. Maloja 1
153. Malta (probably)
154. Margate sand beacon
155. Menapier
156. Merel (part of)(possibly)
157. Mersey
158. Mi amigo
159. Monarch
160. Monica (possibly)
161. Murillo
162. Nancy moran
163. Newlands
164. Norman
165. Norman
166. North eastern victory
167. Ocean hound
168. Ocean king (possibly)
169. Opal
170. Ousel (probably)
171. Paros isle
172. Polgrange
173. Ponzano
174. Preussen
175. Pulborough
176. Quentovic
177. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
178. Regin (possibly)
179. Rooswijk
180. Rubislaw
181. Rydal force
182. Rynanna
183. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
184. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
185. Sabac
186. Saidieh
187. Saint michael veillez sur nous
188. Saint ronan (possibly)
189. Saint ronan (possibly)
190. Sambut
191. San calisto
192. Santagata
193. Santagata (?part of)
194. Selma (possibly)
195. Slesvig
196. Spaarndem
197. Spanish prince
198. Strathclyde
199. Surrey
200. Tbd 317
201. Teeswood
202. Texaco caribbean (after section)
203. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
204. The queen
205. Tina primo
206. Tongue sand tower (remains)
207. Toornvliet (probably)
208. Toromoree
209. Toward
210. Traquair (probably)
211. Tummel (probably)
212. U 11 (possibly)
213. U 16 (possibly)
214. Ub 108 (possibly)
215. Ub 109
216. Ub 12 (possibly)
217. Ub 29 (possibly)
218. Ub 55 (probably)
219. Ub 78
220. Uc 21 (possibly)
221. Uc 26
222. Uc 46
223. Uc 46 (possibly)
224. Uc 77 (possibly)
225. Ursus (part)
226. Velocitas
227. Virginie
228. W a scholten
229. Warfleth
230. Westerley star
231. Wheatman (possibly)
232. Will and maggie (probably)
233. Woodtown (possibly)
234. 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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