This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 29, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 9.963 N,1 42.595 E 51 22.898 N, 2 37.214 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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. A-15 (possibly)
2. Apache
3. Ardmount
4. Auretta
5. Birkenfels
6. Bourrasque
7. Bowsprite (bow section)
8. Bramden (possibly)
9. Breda
10. Clan macalister
11. Clan macneil (possibly)
12. Cmb 1
13. Cmb 71a
14. Dawdon
15. Dortmund
16. Douaisien (possibly)
17. Emeraude
18. Empire path
19. Etendard
20. Fl5
21. G 96
22. Harpalyce
23. Heinkel 111
24. Hm motor launch 561
25. Hms basilisk
26. Hms colsay
27. Hms gracie fields
28. Hms grafton
29. Hms grafton
30. Hms keith
31. Hms plumpton (probably)
32. Hms skipjack
33. Hms st abbs
34. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
35. Hms wakeful
36. Hms waverley
37. Hms whitley
38. John mahn
39. Keulse vaart iv
40. Kilmore
41. L'urtiga (possibly)
42. Laura
43. Lct(r) 457
44. Le copain d'abord
45. Lst 420 (stern section)
46. M 3610
47. Marie
48. Mariner (possibly)
49. Maurice
50. Medee
51. Merlijn
52. Mont louis
53. Nashaba
54. Nautica ena
55. Normandie
56. P 319
57. Ptarmigan
58. Putten
59. Queen of the channel (possibly)
60. Quo vadis
61. Ra.2 (possibly)
62. Rijnstroom
63. Rita
64. Robert l vann
65. S 168
66. Sabrina
67. Saint camille
68. Sampa
69. Senator holthusen
70. Sigurds faulbaums
71. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
72. Sterre der zee
73. Torpilleur branlebas
74. Trifels
75. Tringa
76. U 11
77. Ub 13
78. Ub 29
79. Ub29
80. Uc 1
81. Vlaanderen (probably)
82. West-hinder
83. Wielingen ii (possibly)
84. Wielingen ltv
85. Wolf
86. Zeester

 

Name: UB 29

Length 36.3 meter, width: 4.6 meter, tonnage 292 ton

Cause: Sunk by mines from hms landrail. 22 lives lost. no survivors. (r verpoorte). sunk by hms aerial near biships rock. (warships of ww1, fleming).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 20140416

Details measurements/cartography: H4667/70 30.12.70 LOCATED IN 511000N, 014241E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.2 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SEABED FLAT. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. NOT DETECTED BY SONAR. (HMS BULLDOG, 4.11.70). INS AS WK 18FMS. BR STD. H5197/70 11.8.71 SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.0MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HN). AMEND TO SW 17FMS.

- NM 1285/71. H1928/71 7.12.71 EXAM'D IN 511001N, 014241E [EUR] USING HFIIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.8, FOUL AT 33.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.4 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH APPROX 150FT. LYING NE/SW. (HMS FAWN). NCA. H4988/71 4.1.72 EXAM'D IN 510959N, 014241E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.1MTRS, FOUL AT 32.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.0 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING 040/220DEGS. APPROX 120FT LONG. (HMS FAWN). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. 25.7.72 LOCATED BY DCS3 IN 511003N, 014239.6E [EUR] BUT NOT SWEPT. (WIMPEY LAB. JUNE 1972). H4988/71 5.7.76 NOT FOUND. (HMS FAWN, HI 40/75). H5265/73 18.5.78 LOCATED IN 511000N, 014242E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST DEPTH 34MTRS FROM DCS3. (HMS BULLDOG, HN). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H5265/73 26.6.78 EXAM'D 26.3.78. LYING 030/210DEGS WITH LENGTH 30MTRS. NOT CLOSE SOUNDED. SONAR HT 4.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. DCS3 TRACE INDICATES LONG SCOUR PROJECTING NE FROM WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 45/78). NFA. H2172/81 10.2.83 SHOWN AS WK 33.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS ON FR SURVEY [K9065/1], 1981/82. H2891/83 20.6.84 EXAM'D 24.2.84 IN 511001N, 014242E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH 10MTRS APPROX. LYING 040/220DEGS, WITH RAISED SECTIONS FORE & AFT & POSSIBLY COVERED IN CENTRE. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 170). AMEND TO WK 33MTRS. BR STD. H2350/85 8.12.86 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 317A). H4028/86 28.1.88 EXAM'D 11.10.87 IN 510956N, 014242E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.0 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, BREADTH APPROX 5MTRS. WHOLE, LYING 040/220DEGS, WITH NO DISTINCT SHAPE. MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF SOME 126 TONNES. (NP 1016, HI 377). NCA. HH090/577/01 9.11.93 LOCATED 23.9.93 IN 510956.3N, 014243.1E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. NOT EXAM'D. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 577). HH090/632/01 20.7.94 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 632). HH090/691/01 22.7.96 EXAM'D 23.6.96 IN 510956.1N, 014243.0E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.3, FOUL 33.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.7 IN GEN DEPTH 37.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 691). AMEND TO SW 33MTRS IN 510956N, 014243E. BR STD. HH090/853/01 7.9.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 853). NCA. 18.11.05 SHOWN AS WK 33MTRS ON SHOM AMENDED COPY OF FRENCH 7424, 28.7.05. RETAIN AS SW 33MTRS. NCA. HH091/159/01 25.7.07 LOCATED 23.12.06 IN 5109.692N, 0142.596E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.69 IN GEN DEPTH 37.3MTRS. LENGTH 29.5MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS. LIES 033/213 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT. SCOUR EXTENDS 100MTRS SW. RETAIN SW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000171587 10.11.15 EXAM'D BY BDC, WK FOUND IN 5109.963N, 0142.595E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 37MTRS. LENGTH 26.2MTRS, WIDTH 6.7MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 35DEGS. NFS. (DS8, CEFAS SURVEY 2014). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, POSN AMENDED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT LYING ON SIDE, BOWS SW, MINOR SCOUR EXTENDS 100MTRS SW

Position: 51 9.963 N,1 42.595 E 51 22.898 N, 2 37.214 E

 

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