This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 82 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 14.8 N,5 15.2 W (55.053766666667, -5.4751166666667)
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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 82 (POSSIBLY)
Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 650 ton
Cause: built 1917 by a.g. weser, bremen, sunk by drifters pilot me & young fred, 5m e of torr hd. all 37 lives loss. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe).
Year of registration: 1967
Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1967, last detected: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: H1190/67 27.4.67 LEAST E/S DEPTH 139 IN GEN DEPTH 154FT. NO SCOUR. A SMALL WRECK. (HMS MERMAID, ROS DTD 9.11.66, NO.15). INS AS WK 21FMS. BR STD. H7551/68 17.1.69 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 38MTRS. NC 2199. 6.1.76 SHOWN IN 551448.1N 051507.3W [OGB] WITH HT ABOVE SEABED 7MTRS. (SEA TANK CO, NORTH CHANNEL SURVEY, 4.9.75). NCA. H2579/76 12.5.81 EXAM'D 12.11.80 IN 551447.6N, 051508.2W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.3 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS APPROX. LYING 170/350DEGS. INTACT WK WITH SHOALS OF FISH IN CLOSE VICINITY. (HMS HERALD, HI 9/80). BR STD. H1281/83/42 5.2.83 THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE WK OF GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 82. AT TIME OF SINKING THE TWO DRIFTERS REPORTED A LARGE QUANTITY OF OIL IN 551300N, 051500W. (P C MILLER, 19.1.83). 4.11.04 EUT POSN: 5514.800N, 0515.200W. NE 2126.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 55 14.8 N,5 15.2 W