This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 56 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.533 N,1 23.212 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. Koenigshaven
104. L'armandeche
105. La fleche
106. Lady stella
107. Latona
108. Le pelerin de la mer
109. Le tregor
110. Leicester
111. Leila najia
112. Leo
113. Lizzonia
114. Loanda
115. Loic
116. Lord hamilton (possibly)
117. Luray victory
118. Lusitania
119. Mahratta
120. Mahratta ii
121. Maloja 1
122. Malta (probably)
123. Marie-ange loic
124. Mercator
125. Moise
126. Monarch
127. Moorside (probably)
128. Mrav
129. Munificent
130. Murillo
131. Nancy moran
132. Naranco
133. Negrier
134. Newcastle
135. Nicolaw
136. Niki
137. Norman
138. North eastern victory
139. Notre dame des trois epis
140. Nunima
141. Ophelie
142. Ousel (probably)
143. Petit antoine
144. Phoenix
145. Polgrange
146. Portslade (possibly)
147. Preussen
148. Pulborough
149. Quentovic
150. Rio parana
151. River levan
152. Rochester castle (possibly)
153. Rynanna
154. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
155. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
156. Sabac
157. Saint benoit labre
158. Saint ronan (possibly)
159. Saint ronan (possibly)
160. Sambut
161. Santagata
162. Santagata (?part of)
163. Sea serpent
164. Shenandoah
165. Sir russell
166. St cecilia
167. Strathclyde
168. Teeswood
169. Texaco caribbean (after section)
170. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
171. The queen
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 26
189. Uc 46
190. Uc 46 (possibly)
191. Uc 63
192. Uc 77 (possibly)
193. Uc 78 or uc 79
194. Unity
195. Virgo sancta
196. W a scholten
197. Wheatman (possibly)
198. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: UB 56 (POSSIBLY)

Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 650 ton

Cause: Mined.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 505800N, 012800E, APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 505800N, 012800E ON FR 6682 [1985]. NCA. H2343/84 27.2.86 EXAM'D 20.6.85 IN 505830N, 012319E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 30MTRS. LYING NW/SE. (NP 1016, HI 53). HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS, ORIENTATION 103/283DEGS. GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, 11.1.86). CHART AS WK 30MTRS.

- NM 799/86 H2343/84 2.4.87 LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.7MTRS. (HMS HECLA, REWORK OF HI 253). NCA. H3850/86 22.11.88 EXAM'D BY HMS FAWN 26.6.88 IN 505830N, 012319E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.6 IN GEN DEPTH 37.3MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 7.3MTRS. ALSO EXAM'D BY HMS ROEBUCK 16.9.88 USING HYDROSEARCH. INTACT AND APPARENTLY UPRIGHT, LYING 105/285DEGS, WITH SCOUR EXTENDING TO N AND NW. LENGTH 57MTRS. HEIGHT 6.6MTRS. NO MAST OR OTHER PROJECTION OBSERVED. (HMS FAWN, HI 411 & HMS ROEBUCK, HI 369). NCA. HH090/611/01 26.1.95 EXAM'D 29.9.94 IN 505831.8N, 012312.8E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 34.0, FOUL AT 34.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.0 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.0MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS. LIES 105/285DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. INTACT WITH A FEW PIECES OF DEBRIS IN THE VICINITY. NOT ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY SWEEP DEEPER THAN E/S DEPTH. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 611). WK NOT FULLY SWEPT, AMENDED TO WK 32.0MTRS IN 505829.7N, 012318.95E [OGB]. HH090/681/01 21.9.95 EXAM'D 21.6.95 IN 505831.8N, 012312.8E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.3, FOUL AT 32.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.0 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS. LIES 105/285 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 681). AMEND TO SW 32.0MTRS. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH090/855/01 7.9.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 855). NCA. HH090/897/01 23.10.00 EXAM'D 19.9.00 IN 5058.545N, 0123.205E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.3 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 56MTRS TOWARDS 278DEGS. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.4MTRS. LIES 098/278DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEFINED, PROMINENT WK. LIES IN ITS OWN SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. NOT SWEPT DUE POOR WEATHER. (NP 1016, HI 897). RETAIN AS SW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH099/921/01 28.11.00 EXAM'D 19.9.00. SWEPT CLEAR AT 33.7, FOUL AT 34.1MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 921). AMEND TO SW 33MTRS. BR STD. HH091/159/01 30.8.07 LOCATED 12.7.06 IN 5058.533N, 0123.212E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.40 IN GEN DEPTH 37.8MTRS. LENGTH 45.8MTRS, WIDTH 6.7MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). RETAIN SW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.2.14 LOCATED 10.2.14 IN 5058.533N, 0123.211E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 32.37 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. LENGHT 43MTRS, WIDTH 6.4MTRS, HT 5.75MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1434). SCOUR RUNS NE FROM W END & SW FROM E END. APPARENTLY BROKEN WITH TWO PARTS IN LINE. AMEND WK 32MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SCOUR TO NE FROM W END, TO SW FROM E END

Position: 50 58.533 N,1 23.212 E

 

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