This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 32 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 55.46 N,1 20.545 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Aurora
3. Azira
4. Balzac
5. Bangarth
6. Blairhall
7. Blue dawn
8. British officer (after part)
9. Burnhope (part of)
10. Cairnglen
11. Carlo
12. Carmarthen coast
13. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
14. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
15. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
16. Clare (possibly)
17. Clavering (part of)
18. Cranford (possibly)
19. Denham (probably)
20. Dimitris
21. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
22. Dora
23. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
24. Eagle iii
25. Empire bay
26. Eston
27. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
28. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
29. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
30. Eventide
31. Fawn (probably)
32. Fenella
33. Ferryhill
34. Firelight (possibly)
35. Gateshead (possibly)
36. General havelock
37. Gottfried (possibly)
38. Gran
39. Grit
40. Gudbrand (possibly)
41. H a brightman
42. H c flood (possibly)
43. H c flood (probably)
44. Hanne
45. Hans hoth (probably)
46. Harraton
47. Harvest
48. Hawkwood
49. Hebble (probably)
50. Heckler
51. Hekla (possibly)
52. Helvetia (possibly)
53. Hendrika
54. Hercules
55. Hmms 180
56. Hms ben ardna (probably)
57. Hms elise
58. Hms elise (possibly)
59. Hms ethel taylor
60. Hms euston
61. Hms fairplay 2
62. Hms james ludford
63. Hms loch naver
64. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
65. Hms snaefell (probably)
66. Hms southsea
67. Hms star of devoran
68. Hms summer rose
69. Hms william hallet (possibly)
70. Hms witherington
71. Hmsm unity (probably)
72. Hogarth
73. Humber
74. Ida duncan
75. Ilios (possibly)
76. Ilious
77. Intent
78. Inverlane (part of)
79. Inverlane (stern section)
80. Jenny m (possibly)
81. John m smart (possibly).
82. Jolly girls
83. Jolly girls (possibly)
84. Jonkoping i (possibly)
85. Kalua
86. Kamma
87. Kasko
88. Kilkis (possibly)
89. La basiase (la bastaise)
90. Linden (probably)
91. Llwyngwair (possibly)
92. Loch-na-gar (probably)
93. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
94. Longbird
95. Lyng
96. Maindy bridge (possibly)
97. Marcheller (possibly)
98. Margaret sutton
99. Marne (part of)(possibly)
100. Mars
101. Mayoress pelican
102. Mile end (possibly)
103. Montauban
104. Narcissus (possibly)
105. Nike (possibly)
106. Nordheim (possibly)
107. Nyula
108. Orion (probably)
109. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
110. Patria
111. Polleon (possibly)
112. Poltava (possibly)
113. Povena
114. Presto (possibly)
115. Presto (possibly)
116. Princess maud (possibly)
117. Protector (possibly)
118. Providence
119. Prunelle
120. Quillota
121. Ragnhild (possibly)
122. Ragni (probably)
123. Ravensbourne (possibly)
124. Ravnanger (probably)
125. Recorder (possibly)
126. Renen
127. Rfa creosol
128. Richard de larrinaga
129. Rio colorado
130. Rising sun (part of)
131. Rising sun (part of)
132. Rosa (possibly)
133. Rotha
134. S t wallsend
135. Saga (possibly)
136. Sargasso (possibly)
137. Scott miller
138. Snowdrop (possibly)
139. Spray
140. Stag 5 (probably)
141. Staithes (possibly)
142. Stangate
143. Strinheim
144. Suavity
145. Sunniva (possibly)
146. Swiftly
147. Teal (probably)
148. Thames (probably)
149. The stewarts court (probably)
150. Triumph
151. Uc 32 (probably)
152. Vestra
153. Vianna (possibly)
154. Vianna (probably)
155. Victory
156. Winga
157. Winga (possibly)
158. X.l.
159. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: UC 32 (PROBABLY)

Length 51.8 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 511 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1916, was blown up by own mines. 19 lives lost. (shipwrecks of ne coast, r young)

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 14 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: SANK OFF SUNDERLAND. (WARSHIPS OF WW1). H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT FOUND. (ISS, HI 9/70) H2433/71 25.9.74 AREA CLOSE SOUNDED BY E/S AND INTENSIVELY EXAMINED USING MS47 SONAR. NOTHING FOUND, EXCEPT GOOD BOTTOM CONTACT. (HMS EGERIA, 1974). 10.11.89 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED BY LOCAL DIVERS. (ANN COLLINS, BBC TV, NEWCASTLE, TELECON). NO POSN GIVEN. HH242/350/01 10.11.89 LOCATED IN 545523N, 012032W [OGB]. BELIEVED TO CONTAIN UNEXPLODED MINES/TORPEDOES. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL UNIT RECOMMENDS NO ANCHORING/FISHING WITHIN RADIUS OF 1000YDS. (TYNE TEES CG MRSC, TLX DTD 10.11.89). HH242/350/01 17.11.89 LIES IN ABOVE REPD POSN, BROKEN INTO 3 PARTS, EACH WITH ABOUT 100FT BETWEEN THEM. CONNING TOWER, WHICH IS LISTING ABOUT 60DEGS, IS HIGHEST PART AND STANDS SOME 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. MUCH WRECKAGE SCATTERED AROUND AND MANY ANCHORS AND CABLE HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE VICINITY. UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE, INCLUDING A TORPEDO, HAS BEEN LOCATED IN WRECKAGE WHICH LIES SE/NW, APPROX, BOW SE. (LT HEALEY, OIC EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL UNIT, TELECON 16/17.11.89). PORT OF SUNDERLAND NM OF 13.11.89 REFERS. INS AS WRECKAGE, 350FT X 100FT, LYING NW/SE, IN 545523N, 012032W [OGB].

- NM 3610/89. HH242/350/01 4.9.90 TORPEDO WITHIN WKGE HAS BEEN DESTROYED. SUBMARINE IS DESIGNATED AS A WAR GRAVE. (PORT OF SUNDERLAND NM, 1.8.90). HH090/796/01 23.12.98 EXAM'D 11.8.98 IN 545527.6N, 012032.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 7.2, FOUL 7.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.2 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 014/194DEGS. BROKEN WK WITH MAIN PART LYING ABOUT 60MTRS S OF A CLUSTER OF SEVERAL SMALLER CONTACTS. SEABED OF OCCASIONAL ROCK EXPOSURE WITH THIN COVER OF FINE SANDS AND MUDS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP. DEBRIS TO NORTH

Position: 54 55.46 N,1 20.545 W

 

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