This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 19 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 6.615 N,2 50.666 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Aleyna
2. Algarve
3. Bayonne
4. Beatty rose (possibly)
5. Bokn (possibly)
6. Bostonian (probably)
7. Cantonad
8. Cheshire
9. Chorley
10. Clan stuart (probably)
11. Conch
12. Einar jarl
13. Gateway (probably)
14. General leman (possibly)
15. Grace (possibly)
16. Greenville
17. Greta c
18. Gudrun
19. Hms amazon
20. Hms bittern
21. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
22. Hms formidable
23. Hms harstad
24. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
25. Hms lord hailsham
26. Hms manor
27. Hmsm affray
28. Hmsm l24
29. Isbjorn
30. K m b (possibly)
31. Klein famile
32. Kongshaug (probably)
33. L h carl
34. La portaise (probably)
35. Lct 381
36. Majorca
37. Marie therese
38. Marjolene
39. Memnon
40. Modavia
41. Moel tryvan
42. Motano (probably)
43. Nyasaland
44. Ocean vagabond
45. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
46. Pergo
47. Perintis
48. Pomella
49. Reggestroom (probably)
50. Roi leopold (possibly)
51. Romsdalen (probably)
52. Rosten (possibly)
53. Rotorua
54. Siren
55. Tandil (probably)
56. Trito
57. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
58. U 1191
59. Ub 19 (probably)
60. W h dwyer
61. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: UB 19 (PROBABLY)

Length 36.3 meter, width: 4.3 meter, tonnage 292 ton

Cause: sunk by q ship hms penshurst.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: 30.11.16 30.11.16 SUNK IN 500000N, 024800W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 500006N, 024810W [EUR] ON FR 878 [NE DEC '79] SCALE 1:240,000. 28.2.80 28.2.80 NOW CHARTED AS USCPA 51MTRS [28FMS] IN 500006N, 024810W [EUR]. (TONNAGE KNOWN). BR STD. 4.10.83 4.10.83 WK OF SUBMARINE LOCATED BY DIVERS CLOSE TO WK OF AFTER PART OF AENEAS. LIES WITH 35DEG LIST TO PORT. ALL HATCHES CLOSED. GUN FOR'D OF CONNING TWR. DAMAGED TO STBD SIDE CONNING TWR CASING AND STERN BROKEN OFF JUST FOR'D OF PROPELLERS. LENGTH ABT 110FT. (E GILES -DIVERS REPORT). POSSIBLY THE UB 19. DELETED [COVERED BY WK [18459] OF STERN SECTION OF 'AENEAS']. RETAIN POSN FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/12 27.9.96 HH100/351/12 27.9.96 PROBABLY UB 19. TWO BOW TORPEDO TUBES LYING IN THE SAND IN AMONGST THE COLLAPSED & ROTTING BOW CASING. FWD TORPEDO LOADING HATCH IS OPEN. THE BOW GUN IS POINTING BACKWARDS. ENGINE ROOM IS BROKEN APPROX 15FT AFT OF THE CONNING TOWER. PROPS AND REAR OF THE SUBMARINE ARE COVERED IN SAND. STANDS APPROX 5MTRS. SCOUR OF 3.5MTRS BY ENGINE ROOM. (A DUNSTER). HH090/912/01 8.2.01 HH090/912/01 8.2.01 EXAM'D 11.9.00 IN 5006.615N, 0250.666W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.4 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS EXTENDS 77MTRS 070/250 DEGS. LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.9MTRS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. REASONABLY INTACT. CONNING TOWER VISIBLE ON DCS3. SMALL AREA OF DEBRIS TO THE W. SPURIOUS CONTACTS ABOVE WK SUGGEST THAT IT IS NETTED. (GARDLINE, HI 912). INS AS WK 54MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOW W, ?STERN DETACHED, ?NETTED

Position: 50 6.615 N,2 50.666 W

 

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