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 (51.075983, 1.414700)

 

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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. Dorothy j (possibly)
21. Durango
22. Efford
23. Eidsiva (probably)
24. Electra
25. Emma
26. Emma (possibly)
27. Empire lough (probably)
28. Empress of fort william (probably)
29. En avant
30. Enero (probably)
31. Eustratios (probably)
32. Excellence pleske
33. Falcon (probably)
34. Fearless
35. Flachsee
36. Flandres
37. G-asad
38. Grit (probably)
39. Grosser kurfurst
40. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
41. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
42. Halcyon
43. Henry moon
44. Heron
45. Hmhs anglia
46. Hms aragonite (part of)
47. Hms aragonite (part of)
48. Hms aries (possibly)
49. Hms blackwater
50. Hms brazen
51. Hms carlton
52. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
53. Hms city of dundee
54. Hms cleon
55. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
56. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
57. Hms ghurka
58. Hms glen boyne
59. Hms kingston galena
60. Hms lydian
61. Hms marcella
62. Hms myrmidon
63. Hms napia
64. Hms niger (possibly)
65. Hms othello ii
66. Hms peridot
67. Hms rodino
68. Hms torbay ii (probably)
69. Hms tranquil
70. Hms war sepoy
71. Hms waterfly
72. Hms weigelia
73. Hmsm b2
74. Hmt gullfoss
75. Holland
76. Hundvaag
77. Hydaspes (possibly)
78. Ilaro
79. Jacob luckenbach
80. James harrod
81. Jokai
82. Josephine willis
83. Kadru
84. Katharina kolkmann
85. Kielce
86. Kirsten skou
87. Koenigshaven
88. La somme (probably)
89. Lacer
90. Lady stella
91. Latona
92. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
93. Le tregor
94. Leicester
95. Leila najia
96. Leo
97. Lighter 83
98. Lizzonia
99. Loanda
100. Lusitania
101. Mahratta
102. Maloja 1
103. Malta (probably)
104. Mersey
105. Milbanke (probably)
106. Monarch
107. Morgenster
108. Mrav
109. Murillo
110. Nancy moran
111. Naranco
112. Negrier
113. Newcastle
114. Niki
115. Norman
116. Northfleet
117. Nunima
118. Ocean king (possibly)
119. Ousel (probably)
120. Polgrange
121. Portslade (possibly)
122. Preussen
123. Pulborough
124. Revenge
125. River levan
126. Rochester castle (possibly)
127. Roode zee (possibly)
128. Roseburn
129. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
130. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
131. Saint ronan (possibly)
132. Salbya (possibly)
133. Samida
134. Sea serpent
135. Seine
136. Shenandoah
137. Sierra bravia
138. Sir russell
139. Spanish prince
140. St cecilia
141. St claire (possibly)
142. Strathclyde
143. T s webb
144. Teeswood
145. Texaco caribbean (after section)
146. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
147. The queen
148. Tokufuku maru
149. Toreador
150. Toward
151. Traquair (probably)
152. Trooper
153. U 16 (possibly)
154. U 8
155. Ub 103 (possibly)
156. Ub 108 (possibly)
157. Ub 109
158. Ub 31 ?
159. Ub 38
160. Ub 55 (probably)
161. Ub 56 (possibly)
162. Ub 58 (possibly)
163. Ub 78
164. Ub-33 (probably)
165. Uc 63
166. Uc 77 (possibly)
167. Unity
168. Vittoria claudia
169. W a scholten
170. Welsh belle
171. Wheatman (possibly)
172. 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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