This is the information page about the shipwreck U 51 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 56.736 N,7 57.108 E (53.672066666667, 8.0892166666667)

 

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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. Adele ohlrogge
2. Adriana
3. Angela
4. Bewerwyk
5. Birgit
6. Bjorko
7. Boor
8. Breda
9. Cholmogory (or kholmogory)
10. Cribo
11. Dw 07
12. Elbe (possibly)
13. Elbe 1 lt vessel
14. Ety danielson
15. Franciska
16. Friedel
17. Gerhardus
18. German empire
19. Grete hauschildt
20. Habvorg
21. Harborough
22. Haren
23. Heinrich gunther
24. Henkie
25. Johann schulte
26. Johanna
27. Jupiter
28. Kapa trader
29. Karla
30. Karla sorensen
31. Kellerwald
32. Kirkwood
33. Konigsberg-preussen
34. Lenas
35. Limsund (fore-part)
36. Limsund (stern part)
37. Lune ii
38. M 383
39. Maipu
40. Marianne wear
41. Marko
42. Mellum
43. Memelland
44. Merkur
45. Merlin
46. Minsener sand ltv (possibly)
47. Miranda
48. Narvik
49. Neubau
50. Nordenham
51. Orient
52. Ottar harmstorf ix
53. Piteaelf
54. Rosafred
55. Santos
56. Sperber
57. St christoph
58. Stieg gorthor
59. Tjalk
60. Tjalk christen
61. Trondheim
62. U 51 (probably)
63. Unterelbe
64. Vp-boat 1101
65. Waldo
66. Widar (or wides)
67. Wilhelm 3
68. Yorck

 

Name: U 51 (PROBABLY)

Length 65.2 meter, width: 6.4 meter, tonnage 902 ton

Cause: built 1916 by germaniawerft, kiel. torpedoed by british submarine h5. 34 lives lost. (die deutschen kreigsschiffe)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H7747/18 20.12.18 POSN 535600N, 075500E. (GERMAN WAR NOTICE 372/18). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BA 3346. H7559/25 [NO DATE] AMENDED TO NDW. NE 3346. 30.1.51 NOT SHOWN ON GERMAN 2. DELETE. H3575/75 13.10.82 WK OF SUBMARINE IN 535646N, 075711E [EUR]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.2MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2580/82). BR STD. 25.8.87 SHOWN AS WK SW 20.2MTRS ON GERMAN 87D [REPRINT 1986]. NC 3761. HH100/351/04 7.10.91 WK OF UNKNOWN SUBMARINE IN 535646N, 075711E [EUR]. (DHI HAMBURG, WK NO.1316, WSA 3, 7.8.90). NFA. 5.2.03 SHOWN AS WK SW 20.2MTRS IN 5356.71N, 0757.20E [WGD] ON GERMAN DE2 [INT 1456] [JAN '01 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 3617 [SEP '02 EDN]. 22.10.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 19.8MTRS IN 5356.714N, 0757.120E [WGD] ON GERMAN 2 [INT 1456] [JAN '07 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3617. SEP 2011/000052914 4.5.11 SHOWN AS SW 19.7MTRS IN 5356.736N, 0757.108E [WGD] ON GERMAN 2 [2011 EDN, 1:50,000]. 13.8.15 SHOWN AS SW 19.7MTRS IN 5356.736N, 0757.108E [WGD] ON GERMAN 2. (ED6, COR TO 19.6.15). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 56.736 N,7 57.108 E

 

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