This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 13, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 33.141 N,2 51.651 E (51.3816333, 2.6202333)
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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 13
Length 28 meter, width: 3 meter, tonnage 142 ton
Cause: Caught in mine nets (ww1sl).
Year of registration: 1996
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter
Known since: 1996, last detected: 2023
Details measurements/cartography: HH340/530/03 2.12.96 WK LOCATED IN 513311N, 025145E [?EUR]. BELIEVED TO BE SUBMARINE. UPSIDE DOWN ON FIN IN 33MTRS DEPTH. LENGTH APPROX 30-35MTRS. BEAM 4MTRS. ONLY ONE PROP BLADE INTACT. REMAINDER OF HULL COVERED IN MARINE GROWTH. (HMS BICESTER, SIGNAL DTD 13.7.96). HH340/530/03 2.12.96 WK LOCATED IN 513311N, 025145E [?EUR]. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER 30MTRS (TIDAL HT 0.6MTRS NOT APPLIED). FROM THE DIVER THE WRECK APPEARS TO BE A SUBMARINE. (HMS BICESTER, HN DTD 13.7.96). HH340/530/03 2.12.96 WK 27MTRS IN 513311.5N, 025144E. (BELGIAN NM 24/160/96). BR STD. HH342/710/03 5.12.96 WK 27MTRS IN 513311.5N, 025144E. (NETH NM 50/552/96).
- NM 222/97. HH340/530/03 18.4.97 WK 27MTRS IN 513312N, 025142E. (USNM 15/37244/97). NCA. 31.12.03 HAS BEEN REPORTED AS BEING UB 13. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 18.12.03). NCA. 3.6.13 [WGD] POSN: 5133.141N, 0251.651E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 876/23, INTACT, INVERTED
Position: 51 33.141 N,2 51.651 E