This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 12 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 20.101 N,1 29.976 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: UB 12 (POSSIBLY)
Length 28 meter, width: 3 meter, tonnage 142 ton
Cause: sank during minelaying operation, thought to have been sunk by one of its own mines.
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 20190223
Details measurements/cartography: H1309/75/444 25.3.76 SANK IN 512000N, 013000E APPROX. (R A LEE, 28.1.76). H2538/79 5.4.79 NOT FOUND DURING EXTENSIVE SEARCH. DOUBT IF IT EXISTS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 63/78). H2331/85 10.7.86 SMALL OBJECT LOCATED PROTRUDING FROM EDGE OF SANDBANK IN 512004N, 013005E [OGB], USING TRISPONDER. IN GEN DEPTH 5.5-9.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. GAVE LARGE MAGNETIC DEFLECTION. POOR SONAR CONTACT. RECOMMEND CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 298). BR STD. HH090/647/01 28.10.94 EXAM'D IN 512003.7N, 013005.0E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.6 IN GEN DEPTH 6.6-7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 7.7MTRS. NO DCS3 SHADOW. ISOLATED CONTACT SITTING IN ITS OWN SCOUR. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 647). NCA. 19.10.05 [EUT] POSN: 5120.100N, 0129.979E. NE 1827. SEP 2019/000022679 27.6.19 EXAM'D 23.2.19; IN 5120.101N, 0129.976E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.14MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6.47MTRS, LENGTH 3.24MTRS, WIDTH 2.11MTRS, HT 0.57MTRS, ORIENTATION 170 DEGS. SMALL STRUCTURE/MAN-MADE FEATURE, COULD BE REMAINS OF A WRECK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND FOUL 6.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES IN OWN SCOUR
Position: 51 20.101 N,1 29.976 E