This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 61, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.027 N,4 58.907 E (53.33925, 5.1656)

 

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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.

 

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Name: UB 61

Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 639 ton

Cause: Built 1917 by vulcan ag, hamburg. mined with loss of all 34 crew. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe)

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H2671/63 18.7.67 WK 13.3MTRS [7FMS 1FT] IN 532206N, 045857E. (HAGUE NM 1728/67).

- NM 1351/67. 18.7.89 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, JAN '88 EDN, NO. L12 798). HH340/670/01 1.7.94 NOW WK 13MTRS IN 532204N, 045859.5E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 28/359/94).

- NM 2395/94. HH340/670/01 13.7.94 NOW WKS. (NETHERLANDS NM 372/94). PRESUMABLY TO INCLUDE WK CLOSE N ON SMALLER SCALES. NCA. HH340/670/03 1.11.05 NOW WK SW 13.5MTRS IN 5322.05N, 0458.87E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS NM 43/542/05).

- NM 5683/05. 3.5.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 13.1MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1632 [INT 1420] [2007 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION] & NETHERLANDS 1456 [DEC '06 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1632 & BR STD. SEP 2008/000069274 19.8.08 NOW WKS 12.5MTRS IN 5322.03N, 0458.91E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS NM 33/366/08).

- NM 5096/08. 19.5.09 UB 61, WK 12.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5322.0N, 0458.9E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 2009, NO. L12 798)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Dutch wreck records 2017(SEP 2017/000040330) used aswell

Position: 53 22.027 N,4 58.907 E

 

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