Wreck: Uc 33 (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 33, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.019 N,6 13.991 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: UC 33
Length 52.7 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 510 ton
Cause: rammed & sunk by pc 61.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20180604
Details measurements/cartography: H351/20 WK [OLD SYMBOL] SHOWN [POSN NOT STATED] ON CHARTS. 28.6.23 AMEND TO NDW PA. AUBD 319/31 15.3.45 A CLASS SONAR CONTACT (VERY GOOD). LENGTH 114FT, HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 30FT IN 515400N, 061430W. (EG 5). 6.6.69 POSITION GIVEN IN VARIOUS GERMAN RECORDS AND LOSS BOOKS AS 515400N, 061200W. 21.11.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 35FMS. 5.12.77 AMEND TO WK USC PA 64MTRS IN 515400N, 061430W. NC 2049. H4852/75 28.6.79 LOCATED 10.10.78 IN 515301.1N,061354.4W [OGB] USING DCS3 ONLY. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 51/78). AMEND TO USC 70MTRS. BR STD. H4467/81 26.10.82 EXAM'D 30.5.82 IN 515300N, 061356W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 77.8 IN GEN DEPTH 83MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH-VERTICAL HT 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 57MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS. LYING 046/226 DEGS. CONFIRMED AS SUBMARINE, LYING INTACT ON ITS SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70B). BR STD. SEP2018/000274610 13.11.18 EXAM'D 4.6.18 IN 5153.0189N, 0613.9907W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 80.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 84MTRS, LENGTH 61MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 45/225 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIES AT BOW AND STERN. (RV KEARY, INFOMAR, H102). RETAIN NDW 77MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. RSDRA2023000176003 23.08.23 EXAM’D 23.06.2018. DEEPER THAN CHARTED. (RV MALLET, H525). RETAIN NDW 77MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE
Position: 51 53.019 N,6 13.991 W
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