Wreck: Uc 42 (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 42, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 45.06 N,8 12.9 W (51.768116666667, -8.2951166666667)
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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 42
Length 52.7 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 400 ton
Cause: 21.9.1916 built 1915 by vulcan, hamburg. launched 21.9.1916. blown up by own mines while mine laying off cork. all hands lost. (shipwrecks of the irish coast vol.1 & uboat.net).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 141 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2012
Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] POSN 514400N, 081200W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 13.3.78 INS AS WK USC PA 20MTRS. NC 2049. HH100/351/18 15.7.02 BRITISH NAVAL INTELLIGENCE RECORDS GIVE POSN AS 5141.0N, 0814.0W. LOST BY OWN MINE. (R STOKES, EMAIL DTD 10.7.02). NCA. 2.6.05 EUT POSN: 5144.030N, 0812.040W. NE 1765. 25.8.09 NOT SHOWN IN GSI DATA IN LISTED POSN OR IN 5141.0N, 0814.0W. (SDC EXAMINATION OF GSI DATA DTD 2.09). AMEND TO DEAD. DELETE. BR STD. 30.11.10 EXAM'D 31.8.10 IN 5145.077N, 0812.909W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.3 IN GEN DEPTH 25.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 141/321 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. POSSIBLE DEBRIS FIELD WITHIN 100MTRS OF WK. (SV REBECCA, KINSALE GAS STORAGE PROJECT, VIA T FUREY, INFOMAR PROG MANAGER, MARINE INSTITUTE OF IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 19.11.10). INS AS WK 22MTRS.
- NM 6277/10. 17.7.12 WK IN 5145.060N, 0812.900W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.98MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS. (IRISH WKS LIST). AMEND WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOW SE
Position: 51 45.06 N,8 12.9 W
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