This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 30, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 32.33 N,0 35.68 W (54.538833, -0.594667)

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.

Name: UB 30

Length 36.9 meter, width: 4.3 meter, tonnage 305 ton

Cause: depth charged and sunk by trawler hms john gillmann & hm yacht miranda ii. 22 lives lost. (shipwreck index of british isles)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 139 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: 10.10.18 SUNK IN 543215N, 003530W. (VAEC, AP REPORT M 015359). CHARTED AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1918). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 1191. POSN GIVEN IN VARIOUS GERMAN RECORDS & LOSS BOOKS AS 543800N, 002800W. NCA. H3752/26 11.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1918). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1191. 3.4.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 28MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN) NC 134. H5103/83 9.9.83 POSN 543219N, 003534W, USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER NO.W61, WHITBY AREA: BAYMANS HOLE, APR 1983 EDN). H1311/88 11.10.88 WK OF SUBMARINE IN 543220N, 003542W. (M FREEMAN, 30.9.88) NCA YET. H6331/87 19.1.89 EXAM'D 18.6.88 IN 543220N, 003535W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.0 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS, LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 4.5MTRS. LIES 140/320DEG, INTACT WITH HIGH POINT AMIDSHIPS. RECOMMEND ACCEPT SONAR HT. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B) CHART AS WK 41MTRS. BR STD. 19.8.93 MUCH PUBLICITY ABOUT THE "FINDING" OF THIS SUBMARINE BY A WHITBY-BASED DIVING FIRM. NCA. HH100/351/08 24.6.94 LOCATED IN 543219N, 003531W [WGD]. DEPTH 47MTRS ON GUN. COMPLETE WRECK WITH 45DEGS LIST TO PORT. BOWS DAMAGED, TORPEDO TUBES DAMAGED. REMAINS OF ONE TORPEDO EXPOSED.ALL HATCHES OPEN. GUN IN PLACE. COVERED WITH TWO TRAWL NETS AND ONE GILL NET. (P P G WADSWORTH). HH100/351/09 7.6.95 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY JACKSON/RACEY IN 1993. TWIN SCREWS WITH ENCLOSED PROP SHAFTS STILL IN PLACE. SMALL CONNING TOWER AND FWD DECK GUN. PERISCOPE INTACT BUT BENT AT END. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). 28.2.06 EUT POSN: 5432.344N, 0035.686W. BA 1612 [6TH EDN, MAY '02]. SEP 2017/000002822 5.5.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16 IN 5432.330N, 0035.680W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.57MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS,LENGTH 30.9MTRS, WIDTH 4.9MTRS, HEIGHT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 139/319 DEGS. WRECK OF UB-30 GERMAN SUBMARINE LIES LISTED TO PORT, APPEARS TO BE INTACT. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 32.33 N,0 35.68 W

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