This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 86 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.693 N,0 12.28 W (50.41155, -0.2046667)

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.

Name: UB 86 (POSSIBLY)

Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.6 meter, tonnage 650 ton

Cause: Ub iii class. diesel engines, twin screws. 1100 hp for 13.5 knots surfaced. 788 hp for 7.5 knots submerged. 5 x 19.7in torpedo tubes [4 bow, 1 stern]. 1 gun. complement 34. (warships of ww1). lost while under tow to scrapyard. (i mccartney).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H2699/76 9.12.80 LOCATED IN 27.6.75 IN 502440N, 001221W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NOT CLOSELY EXAMINED. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). CHART AS WK 44MTRS. BR STD. H2330/84 23.7.85 EXAM'D 26.4.85 IN 502439N, 001211W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.3 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11.8MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LYING, ON ITS SIDE, 060/240DEGS WITH BOW PROBABLY NE, AND HIGHEST PART NEAR SW END. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240A). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2350/85 16.2.87 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1008, HI 317B). HH100/351/05 29.5.92 LOCATED IN 502432N, 001221W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. HH100/351/14 5.7.99 DIVED IN 5024.69N, 0212.29W [WGD]. CONFIRMED AS WW1 U-BOAT. BELIEVED TO BE UB III CLASS. NOT KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN LOST IN THIS AREA. SMALL POSSIBILITY THAT IT IS U-86 WHICH WAS DUMPED IN THE AREA. UPRIGHT, NO CASING. REAR HATCH AJAR, OTHERS CLOSED. COVERED IN NETS. AMMUNITION LOCATED NEAR WK. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY, FAX AND TELECON 5.7.99). IDENTITY AMENDED AND AMENDED TO CINC. NCA. SEP 2014/00096805 26.8.14 EXAM'D 14.3.14 IN 5024.693N, 0012.280W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.28 IN GEN DEPTH 50.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 48.0MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HT 8.22MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1443). AMEND WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. BOWS PROBABLY NE

Position: 50 24.693 N,0 12.28 W

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