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 (53.6720667, 8.0892167)

 

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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. Cholmogory (or kholmogory)
7. Dw 07
8. Elbe (possibly)
9. Elbe 1 lt vessel
10. Franciska
11. Friedel
12. Gerhardus
13. German empire
14. Grete hauschildt
15. Harborough
16. Haren
17. Henkie
18. Johann schulte
19. Johanna
20. Jupiter
21. Kapa trader
22. Karla
23. Karla sorensen
24. Kellerwald
25. Kirkwood
26. Konigsberg-preussen
27. Lenas
28. Limsund (fore-part)
29. Limsund (stern part)
30. Lune ii
31. Marianne wear
32. Marko
33. Mellum
34. Memelland
35. Merlin
36. Miranda
37. Narvik
38. Neubau
39. Nordenham
40. Orient
41. Piteaelf
42. Rosafred
43. Sperber
44. St christoph
45. Tjalk
46. Trondheim
47. U 51 (probably)
48. Unterelbe
49. Vp-boat 1101
50. Widar (or wides)
51. Wilhelm 3
52. 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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