This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 130, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.557 N,0 15.124 E (50.57725, -0.0826)

 

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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. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Alaunia
6. Algiers
7. Alice (possibly)
8. Alison (possibly)
9. Amsterdam
10. Angry fish
11. Aracataca
12. Ariel
13. Aristos
14. Armenier
15. Arno (possibly)
16. Ashford
17. Atlas (probably)
18. Axwell
19. Barn hill
20. Basil-2
21. Bernicia
22. Bettann (bow section)
23. Blanefield
24. Branksome chine (possibly)
25. Braunton
26. Broadhurst (probably)
27. Cairndhu
28. Caleb sprague
29. Cambrian princess (probably)
30. Candia
31. Carbineer
32. Carrie dingle
33. Caterham
34. Celtic
35. Charles m
36. City of brisbane
37. City of mexico
38. City of waterford
39. Clan macmillan
40. Clara
41. Cuba
42. D144 (possibly).
43. Del rio
44. Devon coast
45. Donegal (possibly)
46. Duchess (possibly)
47. Duke of buccleuch
48. Eduard (possibly)
49. Elford
50. Emerald (possibly)
51. Emma
52. Esperanza
53. F d lambert (possibly)
54. F/v joanna c
55. Fife coast (possibly)
56. Flag theofano
57. Fort yale
58. Fpt iv
59. Frockner
60. Frode
61. Fulham vii (probably)
62. Gartland
63. Gascony
64. George sutton
65. Gerarda
66. Gerlen (possibly)
67. Germa geisha
68. Glenarm head (possibly)
69. Glenarm head (possibly)
70. Glenartney (possibly)
71. Glendinning (possibly)
72. Glenlee
73. Harold
74. Heathpool
75. Heathpool
76. Hedwig lunstedt
77. Highland corrie
78. Hms apley (possibly)
79. Hms ariadne
80. Hms avanturine
81. Hms balfour
82. Hms borneo
83. Hms evadne (possibly)
84. Hms gambri (possibly)
85. Hms hazardous
86. Hms implacable
87. Hms inverclyde
88. Hms keryado (probably)
89. Hms lancer ii
90. Hms minion
91. Hms moldavia
92. Hms northcoates
93. Hms ocean sunlight
94. Hms pine
95. Hms prince leopold
96. Hms resolution (possibly)
97. Hms sapper
98. Hms taipo
99. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
100. Hmsm a1
101. Holland v
102. Holme force (possibly)
103. Hush wing
104. Ikeda (possibly)
105. Indiana
106. Inger (possibly)
107. Ingo
108. Irisbrook
109. Jaffa
110. James groves
111. Joseph roberts (possibly)
112. Lalen mendi
113. Lass o'doune (probably)
114. Leven (possibly)
115. Lightfoot (possibly)
116. Lisbon
117. Lola (possibly)
118. London trader (possibly)
119. Lowmount
120. Lullington
121. Lulonga (possibly)
122. Ma monette
123. Maaslust
124. Marga
125. Marie marguerite (possibly)
126. Mill gate (probably)
127. Miown
128. Mira
129. Mohlenpris (possibly)
130. Molesey (possibly)
131. Montecrana (possibly)
132. Mount stuart
133. Mv adur valley?
134. Newent
135. Noordster
136. Northlands (possibly)
137. Ny-eeasteyr
138. Nyon
139. Oceana
140. Ouse (possibly)
141. Pagenturm
142. Patrice didier (probably)
143. Pentyrch
144. Polandia (possibly)
145. Porthkerry
146. Quail
147. Ramsgarth
148. Ramsholm (possibly)
149. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
150. Rytoner
151. Saint andre (probably)
152. Saint ronaig
153. Seaford
154. Seven seas (possibly)
155. Shirala
156. Sines (possibly)
157. Spearfish
158. St rogatien (possibly)
159. Stanhope
160. Stanwold
161. Stavros (possibly)
162. T r thompson
163. Teelin head
164. U 1195
165. U 212 (probably)
166. U 275 (probably)
167. U 40 (possibly)
168. U 671
169. U 86 (formerly)
170. U 86 (possibly)
171. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
172. Ub 130
173. Ub 81
174. Ub 86 (possibly)
175. Vasco
176. Venus
177. Vesuvio (possibly)
178. Vigda
179. War helmet
180. Wilhelmina j
181. Zaanstroom
182. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: UB 130

Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 520 ton

Cause: 11.12.78 ceded to french at end of wwi. reported to have been lost while being towed to british breakers for scrapping. (r a todd, 11.12.78).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20150718

Details measurements/cartography: H075/39 17.10.39 WK IN 504037N, 001506E OR 174DEGS, 3.4M FROM BEACHY HEAD LIGHT. (NID, 1939). CHART AS NDW IN 504037N, 001506E.

- NM 2368/39. H4959/73 4.4.75 EXAM'D 19.10.74 IN 504030N, 001518E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 SHADOW LENGTH 250FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO WK 22.8MTRS [12FMS 3FT] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1531/75. H1287/75 9.9.75 WK IN REPORTED POSN IDENTIFIED AS A SUBMARINE. LIES IN MAXIMUM DEPTH 125FT AND IS ORIENTATED SW/NE. HAS A 15DEG LIST TO PORT AND STANDS ABOUT 11FT HIGH - HIGH POINT NEAR GUN. CONNING TOWER IS DAMAGED WITH PORT OUTER SKIN BROKEN OFF AND LYING ON SEABED. OVERALL LENGTH BETWEEN 120FT AND 170FT. PROPELLERS SEEN. PERISCOPE IN RAISED POSN. COMPASS BINNACLE MISSING. HULL REASONABLY CORRODED WITH DAMAGE NEAR PORT BOW WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A MINE. THERE IS ALSO A HOLE IN STBD SIDE NEAR FORWARD HYDROPLANES. EXAM'D BY DIVERS FROM HOUNSLOW BRANCH BSAC ON 31.8.75. (P CORNISH, 5.9.75). H1288/75 29.9.75 CONFIRMED AS WK OF A SUBMARINE. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 90FT AT LW. CONNING TOWER HATCH IS OPEN AND THE ENTRANCE TO WHICH IS VERY NARROW AND POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS TO DIVERS. (J WHITE, 27.9.75). H4121/76 3.8.76 HMS BEAGLE'S 1974 POSN CONFIRMED. EXAM'D 30.4.76. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.3 IN GEN DEPTH 29.2MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. LENGTH 75MTRS. REQUIRES NO FURTHER EXAMINATION. (HMS ECHO, HI 41/76). CHART AS WK 21MTRS [11FMS]. R/P. H1283/77/125 11.10.77 FULL REPORT ON STATE OF THIS WK IN H1283/77. (M J WEBB, 20.3.77). 17.3.78 APPLICATION TO PURCHASE THIS WK MADE BY M J WEBB & P CORNISH. (N/CP53577/77). 30.3.78 APPLICATION TO PURCHASE MADE BY METAL RECOVERIES (NEWHAVEN) LTD. (NCS111/1128). H1270/72 5.6.78 ALLEGED BY M J WEBB TO BE WK OF UB 113. APPLICATION TO PURCHASE WK NOT APPROVED. (N/CP53577/77/DC11[1]). 15.2.79 REPD AS BEING POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS UB 130 [WWI] FROM NUMBER STAMPED ON PROPELLER [PHOTO & 'BRASS RUBBING' OF MARKING SUPPLIED]. IN BROKEN STATE - IN THREE PIECES. (R A TODD, 11.12.78 [NCS111/1339]). NCA. H1310/84/32 6.9.84 DIVED ON IN 1984. HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED. HULL FRACTURED AND OPEN IN MANY PLACES. BOW FLATTENED, CONNING TWR AND PROPELLERS MISSING. STANDS ABT 5MTRS HIGH. (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). NCA. 30.3.89 REPORTED AS HAVING BEEN SOLD TO AND SALVAGED BY SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE CO. TORPEDO TUBES AND CONNING TOWER MISSING. GUN LIES ON SEABED ALONGSIDE WK. (MR MILLER, TELECON). HH100/351/05 21.5.92 LOCATED USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). SEP 2015/000083466 5.2.16 EXAM'D 18.07.15 IN 5040.557N, 0015.124E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27.73MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 36MTRS, HT 4MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 40.557 N,0 15.124 E

 

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