Wreck: Ub 122 (possibly) (Submarine)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 122 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.183 N,1 18.317 W (50.203050, -1.305283)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: UB 122 (POSSIBLY)

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

Cause: ?coastal submarine. scuttled.

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1921, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H4554/21 23.7.21 H4554/21 23.7.21 SUNK IN 501155N, 011800W. (DIR. OF DOCKYARDS, 19.7.21). BR STD. H3287/24 12.5.24 H3287/24 12.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 14.8.74 14.8.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 45MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2450. 22.1.80 22.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 501145N, 011800W [EUR] ON FR 878 [DEC '79 EDN]. NCA. 2.2.90 2.2.90 SHOWN IN 501200N, 011800W ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. NOT INCLUDED ON FR WK RECORDS. NCA. HH090/588/01 1.11.93 HH090/588/01 1.11.93 EXAM'D 22.4.93 IN 501201.3N, 011819.1W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65.6 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.2MTR. DCS3 HT 5.25MTRS, LENGTH 72MTRS, BREADTH 10MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT WK LYING 060/240DEGS ON GENTLY SLOPING SEABED. MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1008, HI 588).

- NM 4010/93. HH090/588/01 27.6.94 HH090/588/01 27.6.94 POSN AMENDED TO 501211N, 011819W [WGD]. (NP 1008, HI 588). BR STD. 13.11.93 13.11.93 [EUR] POSN: 501214.5N, 011814.5W. NC 2613. HH226/410/06 2.8.01 HH226/410/06 2.8.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A SUBMARINE, INTACT & UPRIGHT. THOUGHT TO BE GERMAN OF WW1 VINTAGE. TWO GUNS WHICH HAVE FALLEN OVER. TWIN SCREW. FOUR TUBES FWD AND TWO AFT. CASING IS DISINTIGRATING AND HOLES HAVE APPEARED IN THE PRESSURE HULL. AREA APPROX TWO METRES SQUARE OF DAMAGE BELOW THE WATER LINE ON STBD SIDE. LIES WITH THE TIDE. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH IN 78MTRS. (D C WENDES, LTR DTD 13.7.01). NCA. 4.5.05 4.5.05 NOT CONSIDERED TO BE UB 122 DUE TO THE TUBE AND GUN ARRANGEMENT. PROBABLY A WW2 UBOAT. (R YOUNG). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 12.183 N,1 18.317 W

 

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