This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 38, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 57.89 N,1 23.13 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. Admiral gardner
2. Advent
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. Brandenburg
16. Cachalot
17. Carmen
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. D'artagnan
24. Dartmore
25. De fontaine
26. Dinard
27. Dotterel
28. E goodwin ltv
29. Efford
30. Eidsiva (probably)
31. Eleonora
32. Emma
33. Emma (possibly)
34. Empire lough (probably)
35. Empress of fort william (probably)
36. En avant
37. Eustratios (probably)
38. Evolution
39. Express
40. Falcon (probably)
41. Fearless
42. Flachsee
43. Flandres
44. Francesco ciampa
45. G 85 (possibly)
46. G-42 (possibly)
47. G-asad
48. Gad 23
49. Genimar
50. Gladys
51. Gloire a sainte therese
52. Grit (probably)
53. Grosser kurfurst
54. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
55. Halcyon
56. Harmatris
57. Henry moon
58. Heron
59. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
60. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
61. Hmhs anglia
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms blackwater
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carlton
67. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
68. Hms city of dundee
69. Hms cleon
70. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
71. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
72. Hms glen boyne
73. Hms kingston galena
74. Hms lord grey
75. Hms lydian
76. Hms marcella
77. Hms napia
78. Hms niger (possibly)
79. Hms northumberland (probably)
80. Hms othello ii
81. Hms peridot
82. Hms restoration (possibly)
83. Hms rodino
84. Hms stirling castle (probably)
85. Hms torbay ii (probably)
86. Hms tranquil
87. Hms war sepoy
88. Hms weigelia
89. Hmsm b2
90. Hundvaag
91. Ilaro
92. Iltis (possibly)
93. Ines
94. Ira (possibly)
95. Jacob luckenbach
96. James harrod
97. Josephine willis
98. Kabinda
99. Kadru
100. Katharina kolkmann
101. Kielce
102. Kirsten skou
103. L'armandeche
104. La fleche
105. Lady stella
106. Latona
107. Le pelerin de la mer
108. Le tregor
109. Leicester
110. Leila najia
111. Leo
112. Lizzonia
113. Loanda
114. Loic
115. Luray victory
116. Lusitania
117. Mahratta
118. Mahratta ii
119. Maloja 1
120. Marie-ange loic
121. Mercator
122. Moise
123. Monarch
124. Moorside (probably)
125. Mrav
126. Munificent
127. Murillo
128. Nancy moran
129. Naranco
130. Negrier
131. Newcastle
132. Nicolaw
133. Niki
134. Norman
135. North eastern victory
136. Notre dame des trois epis
137. Nunima
138. Ophelie
139. Ousel (probably)
140. Petit antoine
141. Phoenix
142. Polgrange
143. Portslade (possibly)
144. Preussen
145. Pulborough
146. Quentovic
147. Rio parana
148. River levan
149. Rochester castle (possibly)
150. Rynanna
151. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
152. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
153. Sabac
154. Saint benoit labre
155. Saint ronan (possibly)
156. Saint ronan (possibly)
157. Sambut
158. Santagata
159. Santagata (?part of)
160. Sea serpent
161. Seine
162. Shenandoah
163. Sir russell
164. St cecilia
165. Strathclyde
166. Teeswood
167. Texaco caribbean (after section)
168. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
169. The queen
170. Toward
171. Traquair (probably)
172. Tusnastabb (possibly)
173. U 11 (possibly)
174. U 16 (possibly)
175. U 8
176. Ub 103 (possibly)
177. Ub 108 (possibly)
178. Ub 109
179. Ub 31 ?
180. Ub 38
181. Ub 55 (probably)
182. Ub 56 (possibly)
183. Ub 58 (possibly)
184. Ub 78
185. Ub-33 (probably)
186. Uc 26
187. Uc 46
188. Uc 46 (possibly)
189. Uc 63
190. Uc 77 (possibly)
191. Uc 78 or uc 79
192. Unity
193. Virgo sancta
194. W a scholten
195. Wheatman (possibly)
196. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: UB 38

Length 36.9 meter, width: 4.3 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 305 ton

Cause: Forced to submerge by drifter 'gowan ii' and struck mine. (der krieg zur see). built in 1916 by blohm & voss, hamburg. 27 lives lost. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe 1815-1945)

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 20140210

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 505600N, 012500E APPROX. (DER KRIEG ZUR SEE & DIE DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSSCHIFFE 1815-1945). NCA. H2873/71 5.4.71 WK LOCATED IN 505751N, 012145E [OGB] USING DECCA. LENGTH ABOUT 120FT AND STANDING 25FT CLEAR OF SEABED. SWEPT CLEAR BY DRIFT SWEEP AT 72FT, FOUL AT 74FT. CONFIRMED BY DIVERS AS A SUBMARINE. (SOISS, VARNE SWEEP, 1.5.71). CHART AS WK SW 12FMS [22.0MTRS].

- NM 510/71. H2343/84 26.2.86 EXAM'D 10.7.85 IN 505749N, 012144E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.7 IN GEN DEPTH 28.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 29.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.1MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, LYING 010/190DEGS. 'ON TOP' SOUNDINGS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN. (NP 1016, HI 253). SHADOW HEIGHT BY HYDROSEARCH 4.4MTRS GIVING LEAST DEPTH 23.6MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG). RETAIN AS WK SW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2343/84 2.4.87 LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.6 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28.6MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 253 REWORK). NCA. H3850/86 22.11.88 EXAM'D BY HMS FAWN 28.6.88 IN 505749N, 012144E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.3, FOUL AT 23.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28.2MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 4.9MTRS. ALSO EXAM'D BY HMS ROEBUCK 17.9.88 USING HYDROSEARCH. INTACT, LYING 045/225DEGS APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE IN A VERY SHALLOW SCOUR. LENGTH 86MTRS. A SAND RIDGE HAS BUILT UP E OF WK. NO MAST OR OTHER PROJECTION OBSERVED. NO FURTHER EXAMINATION REQ'D. (HMS FAWN, HI 411 & HMS ROEBUCK, HI 369). AMEND TO WK SW 23MTRS.

- NM 3650/88. HH091/082/01 29.10.04 EXAM'D 11.8.04 IN 5057.841N, 0121.622E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 23.5, FOUL 23.7MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.57 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR EXTENDS 60MTRS NE FROM MIDSHIPS AND SW FROM STERN SECTION. LENGTH 33MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 020 DEGS. LOCAL DIVERS REPORT WK IS ON PORT SIDE WITH STERN FULLY DETACHED. STERN IS 3MTRS FROM THE MAIN SECTION WITH LENGTH 4MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS. TWO TORPEDOES ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. (NP 1016, HI 1082). AMEND WK SW 23.5MTRS. BR STD. HH226/420/09 20.7.05 TH HAVE TAKEN POSESSION OF WK. (TH NM 40/05). NCA. 18.5.07 CONSIDERED THAT THIS SUBMARINE IS UB 38 NOT UC 78, AS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED. WK HAS ALL THE DESIGN FEATURES OF A UB II CLASS SUBMARINE AND NONE OF THOSE OF A MINELAYING UC CLASS. THE PROPS WERE APPARENTLY SALVAGED SOME YEARS AGO AND STAMPED UB38. WK IS CURRENTLY BEING MOVED AS IT IS A NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD. (INNES MCCARTNEY/J DILLON TELECON APR '07 & E-MAIL DTD 18.5.07). NCA. 25.6.07 WK LIES ON HER PORT SIDE, THE STERN HAS BEEN ENTIRELY BLOWN OFF. (LOST PATROLS, I MCCARTNEY) NCA. HH091/159/01 23.7.07 EXAM'D 30.1.07 IN 5057.844N, 0121.626E [WGD] USING DPGS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.80 IN GEN DEPTH 27.8MTRS. LENGTH 27.4MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). RETAIN SW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2007/000065602 12.9.07 CONSENT GRANTED TO TH TO MOVE WK TO 5058.166N, 0123.472E [WGD]. (MARINE & FISHERIES AGENCY, UNDATED LTD REC'D 10.9.07). NCA. 24.4.08 CONTRACT PLACED WITH TO MOVE WRECK DURING JUNE/JULY 2008. (MCA, EMAIL DTD 11.4.08). NCA. SEP 2008/000049669 12.6.08 OPERATIONS TO MOVE WK DUE TO COMMMENCE 18.6.08. (TH NM 18/08). NCA. SEP 2008/000050944 13.6.08 OPERATIONS WILL COMMENCE 18.6.08 FOR APPROX 14 DAYS. 'NORMA' WILL BE STATIONED ABOVE WK TOGETHER WITH GUARD SHIP. (TH NM 19/08). NCA. SEP 2008/000060734 21.7.08 NOW RELOCATED TO 5057.89N, 0123.12E [WGD]. CLEARANCE DEPTH IN EXCESS OF 30MTRS. (TH NM 24/08). AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 4727/08. SEP 2008/000068819 19.8.08 LEAST M/B DEPTH 36MTRS. (TH, POST MOVE SURVEY DTD 15.7.08). AMEND WK 36MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2008/000068962 21.8.08 EXAM'D 15.8.08 IN 5057.891N, 0123.118E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 36.2 AND 34.8MTRS, FOUL 37.9MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.9 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED BROKEN SHELLS, SAND & GRAVEL. (TH, ROS DTD 15.8.08). AMEND SW 34MTRS. BR STD. 24.2.14 LOCATED 10.2.14 IN 5750.890N, 0123.130E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.02 N GEN DEPTH 39.8MTRS. SCOUR .04MTR DEEP. LENGTH 24.7MTRS, WIDTH 6.55MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. INTACT. (EGS, HI 1434). MINOR SCOUR AT WK. AMEND WK 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, MINOR SCOUR AT WK

Position: 50 57.89 N,1 23.13 E

 

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