This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 85, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 47.012 N,5 29.459 W (54.846216666667, -5.7131)

 

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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. Ailsa
2. Alamance (probably)
3. Albia (probably)
4. Alcedo
5. Amber
6. Annagher
7. Ardglass
8. Argyle (possibly)
9. Azure
10. Baron glamis (probably)
11. Bellatrix
12. Berbice
13. Betsey / bessy
14. Black diamond
15. Bonvilston
16. Buffalo (possibly)
17. Chirripo
18. Dalriada
19. Dettifoss
20. Empress of japan (possibly)
21. Enterprize (poss)
22. Fredanja (probably)
23. George
24. Haileybury
25. Harrington
26. Hmt rose ii
27. Housatonic (possibly)
28. Inverurie
29. Karanan
30. Kempock
31. Lagan
32. Lakemoor
33. Leeds city
34. Loch sunart
35. M.j.craig (probably)
36. Maria
37. Mermaid
38. Neotsfield
39. Normanby hall
40. Norseman
41. Nyanza (possibly)
42. Oregon 1
43. Overton
44. Peridot
45. Princess victoria
46. Rexmoor
47. Rowan
48. Sandhurst
49. Santa lucia
50. Setter (possibly)
51. Solway queen (possibly)
52. State of louisiana (bow section)
53. State of louisiana (stern section)
54. Tiberia
55. Troutpool
56. Ub 85
57. Ub-85 / ub-82?
58. Ulrica
59. Upas
60. Vera louise
61. W d potts (probably)
62. Woods

 

Name: UB 85

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

Cause: built in 1917 by a g weser, bremen. a type iii boat. oil engines of 100 shp for 13.6 knots surfaced, motors of 788 bhp for 8 knots submerged. 4 bow tubes, 1 stern tube, 10 torpedoes. 88mm deck gun. flooded through not completely closed hatch whil diving to evade gunfire from hm drifter hms coreopsis. resurfaced and abandoned while under fire from patrol vessles. crew of 34 all survived. (uboat.net).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 544700N, 052700W, APPROX. (OFFICIAL RECORDS). POSN GIVEN AS 545700N, 054500W IN VARIOUS GERMAN RECORDS AND LOSS BOOKS. H5605/61 8.12.61 INS AS NDW (PA). NC 1753. 12.2.73 INS AS NDW PA. NE 45. 10.8.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 90MTRS. NC 1753. H3671/72 20.2.73 WK EXAM'D 19.7.72 IN 544700N, 052942W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 92 IN GEN DEPTH 100MTRS. NO SCOUR. ABOUT 150FT LONG AND APPARENTLY BROKEN AND BENT ABOUT ONE THIRD OF ITS LENGTH FROM SOUTHERN END. LIES ON SMOOTH SAND JUST SW OF AREA OF RIPPLES. (HMS FAWN, 1972). BR STD. 5.1.04 EUT POSN SUPPLIED BY GEODESY: 5447.004N, 0529.463W. NE 1753. SEP 2010/000156213 24.9.10 EXAM'D 2008 IN 5447.012N, 0529.459W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 89.47MTRS. LENGTH 44.3MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 1273). AMEND WK 89MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN OR BENT

Position: 54 47.012 N,5 29.459 W

 

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