This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 116, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.075 N,3 4.196 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bountiful
14. Bremse
15. Brummer
16. Budrie
17. Busy bee (part of)
18. Carolina thornden
19. Carron
20. Challenger
21. Clan mackinlay
22. Clio
23. Clio ii
24. Collingdoc
25. Copeland
26. Corinthia (stern section)
27. Croma
28. Daghestan (probably)
29. Danmark (after part)
30. Dresden
31. Duna
32. Dyle
33. Ebanezer
34. Edinboune
35. Elton
36. Emerald wings
37. Empire parsons (possiby)
38. Empire seaman
39. Empire seaman
40. Energy
41. Ephram
42. Excelsior
43. F2
44. Faro
45. G101
46. G103
47. G104
48. Gartmore
49. Giralda (possibly)
50. Gobernador bories
51. Gondolier
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Gunnaren
54. Hessen
55. Hindenburg
56. Hmd chance
57. Hmd imbat
58. Hmd lustring
59. Hmd lustring
60. Hmd lustring
61. Hms albacore (bow section)
62. Hms dewey eve
63. Hms endeavour
64. Hms loch garry
65. Hms narborough
66. Hms opal
67. Hms roedean
68. Hms rose valley
69. Hms royal oak
70. Hms strathgarry
71. Hms vanguard
72. Ilsenstein
73. Invader
74. Inverlane (bow section)
75. Irene
76. James barrie
77. Johanna thorden
78. Juanita
79. Juniata (fore part)
80. Jv 526
81. Jv 751
82. Kaiser
83. Kaiserin
84. Karlsruhe
85. Kathe niederkirchner
86. Koln
87. Konig
88. Kronprinz wilhelm
89. Lapland
90. Lizzie bain (possibly)
91. Loch maddy (stern section)
92. Lorne
93. Lycia
94. Mara
95. Markgraf
96. Martis
97. Martis
98. Minieh
99. Naja (part of)
100. Napier star
101. Neptune
102. Norholmen
103. Numidian
104. Numidian
105. Ocean racer
106. Pennsylvania
107. Pinnace 288
108. Pinnace 744
109. Pontos
110. Prinzregent luitpold
111. Prudentia
112. Radiation
113. Reginald
114. Reinfield
115. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
116. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
117. Rosewood
118. Ross puma
119. Rotherfield
120. S 36 (bow section)
121. Seydlitz
122. Skua flaes beacon
123. Stellatus
124. Strathelliot
125. Sunbeam
126. Swiftsure
127. Tabarka (possibly)
128. Tbf fn899
129. Teeswood
130. Tern 1
131. Thames
132. Thunfisch
133. U 18 (probably)
134. Ub 116
135. V 78 (part of)
136. V83
137. Yc 21

 

Name: UB 116

Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 650 ton

Cause: sunk by mine off scapa flow.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H154/40 19.1.40 WK, LEAST DEPTH 12FMS IN 585007N, 030406W. (HMS CHALLENGER).

- NM 78/40. H3402/59 4.3.68 WK SOLD TO METAL RECOVERIES (NEWHAVEN) LTD. 6.6.69 RAISED IN 1919 BUT LOST IN 585007N, 030406W. 21.3.74 POSN 585006N, 030406W. 18FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 85-91MTRS. (HUNTING SURVEY [K6864/14 9A]). 8.12.77 AMEND T W 21.6MTRS. NC 35. 27.1.81 SOLD 26.2.69. (NCS 111/1657 DTD 23.1.81). H1310/82/33 1.11.82 WELL BROKEN UP AND TOTALLY UNRECOGNISABLE. HIGHEST POINT ONLY ABOUT 3MTRS (MAX). REMAINS OF CONNING TOWER CAN BE SEEN, BUT THOUGHT MOST OF WK NOW BURIED IN SEABED OF SOFT SAND. (B WINFIELD 25.10.82). NCA. 1.10.98 SECTIONS OF PLATING, TWISTED OUT OF SHAPE, TOGETHER WITH PIPES, WIRES AND BROKEN SWITCH BOXES ARE ALL THAT REMAIN. (DIVER MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1998).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY FRAGMENTS OF PLATING AND PIPES REMAIN

Position: 58 50.075 N,3 4.196 W

 

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