This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub-33 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.048 N,1 17.88 E (51.075983333333, 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. Admiral gardner
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amandine
6. Amplegarth
7. Andaman
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Argo
10. Ashley
11. Atlantic (possibly)
12. Avoca
13. Belford
14. Blanc nez
15. Bobby
16. Brandenburg
17. Cabo espartel
18. Cachalot
19. Carmen
20. Charente
21. Christianssund
22. City of dresden (possibly)
23. Colbert
24. Constanzia
25. Corhaven
26. D'artagnan
27. De fontaine
28. Dinard
29. Dorothy j (possibly)
30. Dotterel
31. Efford
32. Eidsiva (probably)
33. Electra
34. Eleonora
35. Emma
36. Emma (possibly)
37. Empire lough (probably)
38. Empress of fort william (probably)
39. En avant
40. Eustratios (probably)
41. Evolution
42. Excellence pleske
43. Express
44. Falcon (probably)
45. Fearless
46. Flachsee
47. Flandres
48. Francesco ciampa
49. G-42 (possibly)
50. G-asad
51. Gladys
52. Gloire a sainte therese
53. Grit (probably)
54. Grosser kurfurst
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harmatris
58. Henry moon
59. Heron
60. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
61. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
62. Hmhs anglia
63. Hms aragonite (part of)
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aries (possibly)
66. Hms blackwater
67. Hms brazen
68. Hms carlton
69. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
70. Hms city of dundee
71. Hms cleon
72. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
73. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
74. Hms glen boyne
75. Hms kingston galena
76. Hms lydian
77. Hms myrmidon
78. Hms niger (possibly)
79. Hms othello ii
80. Hms peridot
81. Hms rodino
82. Hms torbay ii (probably)
83. Hms tranquil
84. Hms war sepoy
85. Hms weigelia
86. Hmsm b2
87. Holland
88. Hundvaag
89. Hydaspes (possibly)
90. Iltis (possibly)
91. Ines
92. Ira (possibly)
93. Jacob luckenbach
94. James harrod
95. Jokai
96. Josephine willis
97. Kadru
98. Katharina kolkmann
99. Kielce
100. Kirsten skou
101. L'armandeche
102. La fleche
103. Lady stella
104. Latona
105. Le pelerin de la mer
106. Le tregor
107. Leicester
108. Leila najia
109. Leo
110. Lighter 83
111. Lizzonia
112. Loanda
113. Loic
114. Luray victory
115. Lusitania
116. Mahratta
117. Maloja 1
118. Marie-ange loic
119. Mercator
120. Milbanke (probably)
121. Moise
122. Monarch
123. Moorside (probably)
124. Mrav
125. Murillo
126. Nancy moran
127. Naranco
128. Negrier
129. Newcastle
130. Nicolaw
131. Niki
132. Norman
133. North eastern victory
134. Northfleet
135. Notre dame des trois epis
136. Nunima
137. Ophelie
138. Ousel (probably)
139. Petit antoine
140. Phoenix
141. Polgrange
142. Portslade (possibly)
143. Preussen
144. Pulborough
145. River levan
146. Rochester castle (possibly)
147. Roode zee (possibly)
148. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
149. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
150. Sabac
151. Saint benoit labre
152. Saint ronan (possibly)
153. Saint ronan (possibly)
154. Salbya (possibly)
155. Sambut
156. Samida
157. Santagata
158. Santagata (?part of)
159. Sea serpent
160. Seine
161. Shenandoah
162. Sir russell
163. Spanish prince
164. St cecilia
165. St claire (possibly)
166. Strathclyde
167. Teeswood
168. Texaco caribbean (after section)
169. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
170. The queen
171. Tokufuku maru
172. Toward
173. Traquair (probably)
174. Tusnastabb (possibly)
175. U 11 (possibly)
176. U 16 (possibly)
177. U 8
178. Ub 103 (possibly)
179. Ub 108 (possibly)
180. Ub 109
181. Ub 31 ?
182. Ub 38
183. Ub 55 (probably)
184. Ub 56 (possibly)
185. Ub 58 (possibly)
186. Ub 78
187. Ub-33 (probably)
188. Uc 46 (possibly)
189. Uc 63
190. Uc 77 (possibly)
191. Uc 78 or uc 79
192. Unity
193. Virgo sancta
194. Vittoria claudia
195. W a scholten
196. Wheatman (possibly)
197. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: UB-33 (PROBABLY)

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

Cause: 29.5.18 built by blohm & voss, hamburg. oil engines of 140bhp, twin shaft. passage zeebrugge for war patrol and return. two bow tubes & 1 x 5cm gun. during passage back to port detonated a mine in the dover barrage and sank with all hands. dived by the rn on 29.5.18. body of co discovered in conning tower. divers recovered confidential books, code books and cyphers. crew of 22 lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 2000

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 2000, last detected: 20190809

Details measurements/cartography: HH226/420/05 9.10.00 OBSTN LOCATED 24.9.00 IN 5056.052N, 0117.897E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.5 IN GEN DEPTH 22.1MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 225 DEGS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 125/305 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PROBABLY A NATURAL FEATURE. (NP 1016, HN FOR HI 890 DTD 28.9.00). INS AS OBSTN 19.5MTRS. BR STD. HH090/890/01 27.10.00 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NP 1016, HI 890). NCA. HH090/921/01 29.11.00 EXAM'D 14.10.00 IN 5056.048N, 0117.876E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.9, FOUL 21.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.5 IN GEN DEPTH 22.1MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTR DEEP LEADS 225 DEGS FOR 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. CONSIDERED TO BE A NATURAL FEATURE LYING AT A TEXTURE BOUNDARY BETWEEN SANDWAVES AND FEATURELESS SAND AND GRAVEL. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN E/S AND SWEEP DEPTHS CONSIDERED TO BE BE DUE TO FISH OR SEDIMENT OVER THE FEATURE. CHART AS OSW 20.9MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 921). AMEND TO OSW 20.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.6.03 UB-33 REPORTED AS LYING IN 5056.03N, 0117.98E [WGD]. HAS BEEN DIVED AND IS DESCRIBED AS BEING HALF BURIED IN THE VARNE BANK. CONNING TOWER LIES TO ONE SIDE (REMOVED TO ALLOW ACCESS BY RN DIVERS AFTER SINKING). (I MCCARTNEY). HH226/420/09 16.2.05 AMEND OBSTN SW 20.9MTRS TO DW. (FRENCH NM 05 05 21). BR STD ACTION NOTED ABOVE NOT ACTIONED. NOT SHOWN ON BA 1892 [END 11 DTD 22.3.01] OR BA 323 [EDN 4 DTD 22.3.01]. INS DW.

- NM 1472/05. HH226/420/09 15.11.05 SHOWN AS WK USC 5MTRS IN 5056.03N, 0117.98E [WGD] ON SHOM AMENDED COPY OF FRENCH 7424 DTD 28.7.05.

- NM 6137/05. HH091/159/01 31.8.07 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY, NOT SEEN ON M/B. GEN DEPTH 19.0MTRS. ASSUMED BURIED BY SANDWAVES. (OSAE, HI 1159). AMEND DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2019/000185559 9.8.19 WRECK LOCATED IN 5056.048N, 0117.880E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.97MTRS. NO ARTEFACTS FOUND AT PREVIOUS POSN. (FPV MORVEN, HI1655 H102 001). AMEND DW 19.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2019/000250545 9.8.19 EXAM'D 9.8.18 IN 5056.048N, 0117.880E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21.65MTRS, LENGTH 31.15MTRS, WIDTH 6.9MTRS, HEIGHT 2.25MTRS, ORIENTATION 110DEGS. SCOUR DIMENTIONS LENGTH 32.2MTRS, WIDTH 20.5MTRS 1.25MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 50DEGS. WK LARGELY INTACT WITH IDENTIFIABLE STRUCTURE. SMALL SCOUR PIT SW OF WK. NO DISCERNIBLE DEBRIS FIELD. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1655). AMEND DW 19.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED IN BANK, TOWER LIES CLOSE BY. UKHO NM 4682/19.

Position: 50 56.048 N,1 17.88 E

 

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