Wreck: Ub 65 (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 65, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.107 N,5 2.123 W (50.668450, -5.035383)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: UB 65
Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 650 ton
Cause: built in 1917 by vulkan (hamburg). two oil engines of 1100bhp for 13.5 knots surfaced, two motors of 788bhp for 7.5 knots submerged. 5 x 19.7 inch torpedo tubes. one 4.1 inch gun. complement 34 men. blew up in action with us submarine l2.
Year of registration: 2001
Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 2001, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: HH090/799/02 15.9.01 EXAM'D 15.9.01 IN 5040.107N, 0502.123W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.6 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, WELL DEFINED SUPERSTRUCTURE. (NP 1008, HI 799). ?A SUBMARINE. BR STD. HH100/351/18 22.4.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. CONFIRMED AS GERMAN SUBMARINE. BRONZE PROPS. INTACT AND UNDAMAGED WITH HATCHES OPEN. LARGE GUN IN FRONT OF CONNING TOWER. CASING COLLAPSING AROUND TUBES. (G J POUND). NCA. 7.5.02 THIS A TYPE 3 WW1 SUBMARINE. CARRIES 105MM GUN. (G J POUND, TELCON). NCA. HH232/680/09 12.9.03 CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF MUNITIONS. TORPEDOES PROBABLY STILL ON BOARD. (MRCC FALMOUTH, FAX DTD 10.9.03). NCA. 19.1.04 CONSIDER THIS TO BE U61. (M ADES, EMAIL DTD 19.1.04). NCA. 22.9.04 THIS IS THE UB 65, THE STAR OF A RECENT 'WRECK DETECTIVES' TV EPISODE. WAS ARMED WITH A 105MM GUN. (R YOUNG). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 50 40.107 N,5 2.123 W
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