This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 37 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.243 N,1 38.422 W (50.24245, -1.9068)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Albert c field (probably)
3. Ashanti (possibly)
4. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
5. Badger (probably)
6. Borgsten (probably)
7. Boulgaria
8. Brestois
9. Britannia (probably)
10. Charles rogers (probably)
11. Clarinda
12. Coquetdale (probably)
13. Dumfries
14. Dungrange
15. El kahira
16. Empire crusader
17. Espagne
18. Etoile des ondes
19. Eugene schneider (probably)
20. Eugene schneider (probably)
21. G-bagh
22. Guernsey coast
23. Hartley (possibly)
24. Hms michael clements
25. Hms tiger
26. Hmsm swordfish
27. Iduna
28. Ioannis fafalios
29. Kong guttorm (probably)
30. Londonier
31. Louie bell
32. Luxor
33. Mendi
34. Messina
35. Morning admiral
36. Neree (possibly)
37. Normandy
38. Nurnberg
39. Oiekast (probably)
40. Pangani
41. Pool fisher
42. Rosehill (probably)
43. Smyrna
44. Sphene
45. Start
46. Terlings
47. U 122 (possibly)
48. U 480
49. Ub 37 (probably)
50. Vikholmen
51. Waitara

 

Name: UB 37 (PROBABLY)

Length 36 meter, width: 4.3 meter, tonnage 292 ton

Cause: 14.1.17 built dec 1915 by blohm & voss, hamburg. sunk 14.1.17 by gunfire, q ship 'penhurst'. all crew lost. (uboat.net).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: 28.2.80 NDW PA SHOWN IN 501000N, 014010W [EUR] ON FR 878 [DEC '79 EDN]. BR STD. HH351/352/01 26.2.90 NOW SHOWN AS USC PA 45MTRS IN 501000N, 014000W [EUR] ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. WK IN 501005.5N, 014000W [EUR]. ACCURACY 500MTRS. IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS JAN 1990 - AUTHORITY GIVEN AS BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE). BR STD. HH226/350/02 4.2.91 WK 53MTRS, IN 501018N, 013821.5W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 90 50 32). HH090/588/01 2.11.93 EXAM'D 19.6.93 IN 501014.6N, 013826.4W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53.5 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 42MTRS, BREADTH 9MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK UPRIGHT AND ORIENTATED 070/250DEGS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (NP 1008, HI 588).

- NM 4010/93. HH100/351/15 28.9.99 HDIVED AND CONFIRMED AS A GERMAN U-BOAT OF WW1 VINTAGE. LIES WITH BOWS S LISTING ABOUT 30DEGS TO STBD. HAS A SMALL GUN AND TWIN SCREWS. AFTER ESCAPE HATCH HAS SLIPPED OFF AND THE INTERIOR IS FILLED WITH SILT. TWO TORPEDO TUBES FWD, THE UPPER TUBE HAS THE BOW CAP OFF BUT NO TORPEDO PRESENT. BENEATH THE GUN AND ON THE SEABED SPENT CASES AND 'READY USE' AMMUNITION IS PRESENT. THE BRIDGE IS NOT ATTACHED BUT IS THOUGHT TO LIE ON THE SEABED BENEATH THE REMAINS OF A TRAWL, WHICH IS NOW ALMOST COVERED IN SHINGLE. SEABED OF HARD, FLAT CHALK AND SHINGLE. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (D C WENDES). NCA. 2.12.08 FURTHER DIVES AND RESEARCH SUGGEST THIS IS PROBABLY UB-37, NOT UB-18. C IN C CAN BE REMOVED. (D WENDES, EMAIL DTD 1.12.08). SEP 2016/000164367 22.9.16 SHOWN AS NDW 53MTRS IN 5010.243N, 0138.422W [WGD] ON FRANCE 6968. [ED 4, COR TO 21.6.16]. INS NDW 53MTRS
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND INTACT, BOW S

Position: 50 10.243 N,1 38.422 W

 

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