This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 31 ?, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2.078 N,1 10.202 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Africa
2. Alcantara
3. Alice
4. Amplegarth
5. Angelus (possibly)
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Australier (probably)
8. Avoca
9. Bobby
10. Brandenburg
11. Cabo espartel
12. Ceta (stern section)
13. Charente
14. Christianssund
15. City of dresden (possibly)
16. Constanzia
17. Corhaven
18. De fontaine
19. Dinard
20. Durango
21. Efford
22. Eidsiva (probably)
23. Electra
24. Emma
25. Emma (possibly)
26. Empire lough (probably)
27. Empress of fort william (probably)
28. En avant
29. Enero (probably)
30. Eustratios (probably)
31. Excellence pleske
32. Falcon (probably)
33. Fearless
34. Flachsee
35. Flandres
36. G-asad
37. Grit (probably)
38. Grosser kurfurst
39. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
40. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
41. Halcyon
42. Henry moon
43. Heron
44. Hmhs anglia
45. Hms aragonite (part of)
46. Hms aries (possibly)
47. Hms blackwater
48. Hms brazen
49. Hms carlton
50. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
51. Hms city of dundee
52. Hms cleon
53. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
54. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
55. Hms ghurka
56. Hms glen boyne
57. Hms kingston galena
58. Hms lydian
59. Hms marcella
60. Hms myrmidon
61. Hms napia
62. Hms niger (possibly)
63. Hms othello ii
64. Hms peridot
65. Hms rodino
66. Hms torbay ii (probably)
67. Hms tranquil
68. Hms war sepoy
69. Hms waterfly
70. Hms weigelia
71. Hmsm b2
72. Hmt gullfoss
73. Holland
74. Hundvaag
75. Hydaspes (possibly)
76. Ilaro
77. Jacob luckenbach
78. James harrod
79. Jokai
80. Josephine willis
81. Kadru
82. Katharina kolkmann
83. Kielce
84. Kirsten skou
85. Koenigshaven
86. La somme (probably)
87. Lacer
88. Lady stella
89. Latona
90. Le tregor
91. Leicester
92. Leila najia
93. Leo
94. Lizzonia
95. Loanda
96. Lusitania
97. Mahratta
98. Maloja 1
99. Malta (probably)
100. Mersey
101. Milbanke (probably)
102. Monarch
103. Morgenster
104. Mrav
105. Murillo
106. Nancy moran
107. Naranco
108. Negrier
109. Newcastle
110. Niki
111. Norman
112. Northfleet
113. Nunima
114. Ousel (probably)
115. Polgrange
116. Portslade (possibly)
117. Preussen
118. Pulborough
119. Revenge
120. River levan
121. Rochester castle (possibly)
122. Roode zee (possibly)
123. Roseburn
124. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
125. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
126. Saint ronan (possibly)
127. Salbya (possibly)
128. Samida
129. Sea serpent
130. Seine
131. Shenandoah
132. Sierra bravia
133. Sir russell
134. St cecilia
135. Strathclyde
136. T s webb
137. Teeswood
138. Texaco caribbean (after section)
139. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
140. The queen
141. Tokufuku maru
142. Toreador
143. Toward
144. Traquair (probably)
145. Trooper
146. U 16 (possibly)
147. U 8
148. Ub 103 (possibly)
149. Ub 108 (possibly)
150. Ub 109
151. Ub 31 ?
152. Ub 38
153. Ub 55 (probably)
154. Ub 56 (possibly)
155. Ub 58 (possibly)
156. Ub 78
157. Ub-33 (probably)
158. Uc 63
159. Uc 77 (possibly)
160. Unity
161. Vittoria claudia
162. W a scholten
163. Welsh belle
164. Wheatman (possibly)
165. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: UB 31 ?

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

Cause: Sunk by drifters in dover straits.location ? english channelub-31 was a u-boat in the german imperial navy during world war i. she was commissioned on 24 march 1916. on 2 may 1918, she hit a mine on the strait of dover with a loss of 26 men.

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 162 cm

Known since: 1926, last detected: 20160720

Details measurements/cartography: H6345/26 4.11.26 NDW (1916) IN 570130N, 011115E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H5824/60 7.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 55FT, FOUL AT 57FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61FT IN GEN DEPTH 74FT. (HMS SCOTT, 16.3.61). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 1FT. NC 1892. H4199/78 31.8.78 LOCATED 18.10.77 IN 510203N, 011017E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 23MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS. LENGTH 41MTRS. LYING 155/335DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). BR STD. H1310/86/15 24.6.86 DIVED ON IN 1985. WK OF SUBMARINE, LYING WITH LIST TO PORT. MOSTLY INTACT BUT WITH LARGE HOLE IN HULL FOR'D OF GUN, WHICH IS FOR'D OF CONNING TOWER. BELIEVED TO BE WK OF UB 31. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.6.86). NCA. HH090/711/01 22.1.97 EXAM'D 14.8.96 IN 510204N, 011013E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.4, FOUL 16.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.6 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. IN ONE PIECE. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 16.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 20.7.16 IN 5102.078N, 0110.202E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 16.459MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 33.3MTRS, WIDTH 4.3MTRS, HEIGHT 4.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 162/342 DEGS. WK IS MAINLY INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 16.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 2.078 N,1 10.202 E

 

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