This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 58 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.137 N,1 12.214 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: UB 58 (POSSIBLY)
Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 650 ton
Cause: Sunk by mine in approx 505800n, 011400e.
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 33 cm
Known since: 1977, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H4453/72 8.11.77 WK 22.5MTRS LOCATED IN 505806N, 011218E. GEN DEPTH 27-28MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HN DTD 1.11.77). NCA. POSSIBLY UB-58. H4199/78 24.10.78 LOCATED 21.9.77 IN 505806N, 011218E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27-28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 57MTRS. LYING 030/210DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). INS AS WK 21.5MTRS. BR STD. 11.9.86 DW PA SHOWN ON FR 6681 [1985] IN 505800N, 011400E. SHOWN AS USC PD 15.0 MTRS ON FR 6681 [1986] & IN 1985 FR WK RECORDS NO.21601237. NCA. HH090/711/01 30.1.97 EXAM'D 4.8.96 IN 505808N, 011213E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.1, FOUL AT 22.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.3 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. INTACT, APPARENTLY UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 22.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 21.7.16 IN 5058.137N, 0112.214E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.04MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.4MTRS, LENGTH 43.4MTRS, WIDTH 11.8MTRS, HEIGHT 4.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 033/213 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AMD UPRIGHT
Position: 50 58.137 N,1 12.214 E