This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 26, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 1.74 N,1 41.217 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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: UC 26
Length 52.7 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 511 ton
Cause: Rammed & depth charged by british destroyers hm ships miranda, milne, & mentor.
Year of registration: 1968
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm
Known since: 1968, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 23.12.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 510141N, 014141E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JULY 1968 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. H0024/87 14.1.88 WK, LEAST DEPTH 29 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS, IN 510147N, 014117E [EUR]. LENGTH 30MTRS. ORIENTATED 015/195DEGS. (BREST NM 87 52 29 & FR WK NO 21611113). CHART AS WK 29MTRS [16FMS].
- NM 477/88. [OGB] POSN: 510141N, 014118E. 6.2.89 NOW CHARTED IN 510142N, 014119E [OGB]. NC 323. HH100/351/20 8.9.03 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS UC 26 BY JEFF COULON. POINT OF IMPACT LOCATED. BOTH HATCHES OPEN. IDENTIFICATION OBTAINED FROM PROP. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 6.9.03). NCA. HH351/420/04 12.2.04 NOW WK 27.5MTRS. (FRENCH NM 04 05 13).
- NM 1237/04.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3912/20
Position: 51 1.74 N,1 41.217 E