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 (50.758317, 0.089983)

 

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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. Alan dean
2. Alaunia
3. Alice (possibly)
4. Amsterdam
5. Aracataca
6. Ashford
7. Barn hill
8. Bernicia
9. Blanefield
10. Branksome chine (possibly)
11. Braunton
12. Caleb sprague
13. Carrie dingle
14. Caterham
15. Celtic
16. Charles m
17. City of brisbane
18. Clara
19. D144 (possibly).
20. Davenport
21. Devon coast
22. Duchess (possibly)
23. Eduard (possibly)
24. Emerald (possibly)
25. Emma
26. F d lambert (possibly)
27. F/v joanna c
28. Fife coast (possibly)
29. Fortuna
30. Frockner
31. Fulham vii (probably)
32. George sutton
33. Girlvine (possibly)
34. Glenartney (possibly)
35. Gull (possibly)
36. Harold
37. Heathpool
38. Heathpool
39. Hms ariadne
40. Hms avanturine
41. Hms balfour
42. Hms borneo
43. Hms gambri (possibly)
44. Hms lancer ii
45. Hms ocean sunlight
46. Hms resolution (possibly)
47. Hms taipo
48. Holland v
49. Holme force (possibly)
50. Inger (possibly)
51. Irisbrook
52. James groves
53. Joseph roberts (possibly)
54. Lalen mendi
55. Leven (possibly)
56. Lisbon
57. Lornaston (possibly)
58. Lullington
59. Ma monette
60. Mill gate (probably)
61. Mira
62. Mohlenpris (possibly)
63. Mount stuart
64. Mv adur valley?
65. Newent
66. Noordster
67. Nyon
68. Oceana
69. Rytoner
70. Saint ronaig
71. Seaford
72. Seven seas (possibly)
73. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
74. St rogatien (possibly)
75. Stanhope
76. T r thompson
77. U 275 (probably)
78. U 40 (possibly)
79. U 671
80. Ub 130
81. Vasco
82. Venus

 

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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