This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 46 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 7.194 N,1 29.967 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Advent
5. Africa
6. Agen
7. Amplegarth
8. Andaman
9. Angelus (possibly)
10. Ashley
11. Atlantic (possibly)
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Ca 4
15. Camisard
16. Cap de la hague
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Colbert
21. Colbert (possibly)
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. Costas michalos (fwd part)
26. D'artagnan
27. Dartmore
28. Diana
29. Dinard
30. Dixie
31. Dunbar castle
32. E goodwin ltv
33. Efford
34. Eidsiva (probably)
35. Eleonora
36. Emile deschamps
37. Emma
38. Emma (possibly)
39. Empire lough (probably)
40. Empress of fort william (probably)
41. En avant
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Filleigh
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. Frons olivae (probably)
49. G 85 (possibly)
50. G-42 (possibly)
51. Gad 23
52. Genimar
53. Gladys
54. Gloire a sainte therese
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harcalo
58. Henry b plant
59. Henry moon
60. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
61. Hmhs anglia
62. Hms alert ?
63. Hms aragonite (part of)
64. Hms aries (possibly)
65. Hms artic trapper
66. Hms brazen
67. Hms carilon
68. Hms carlton
69. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
70. Hms city of dundee
71. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
72. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
73. Hms fauvette
74. Hms flirt
75. Hms glen boyne
76. Hms kingston galena
77. Hms lord grey
78. Hms lydian
79. Hms marcella
80. Hms napia
81. Hms niger (possibly)
82. Hms northumberland (probably)
83. Hms othello ii
84. Hms peridot
85. Hms restoration (possibly)
86. Hms rodino
87. Hms stirling castle (probably)
88. Hms torbay ii (probably)
89. Hms tourmaline
90. Hms tranquil
91. Hms war sepoy
92. Hms weigelia
93. Hms wessex
94. Hmsm b2
95. Hundvaag
96. Ilaro
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Josephine willis
101. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
102. Kabinda
103. Kadru
104. Karmt
105. Katharina kolkmann
106. Kielce
107. Kirsten skou
108. Koenigshaven
109. L'armandeche
110. La fleche
111. Lady stella
112. Latona
113. Le pelerin de la mer
114. Le tregor
115. Leicester
116. Leo
117. Loanda
118. Lord hamilton (possibly)
119. Luray victory
120. Lusitania
121. Mahratta
122. Mahratta ii
123. Maloja 1
124. Malta (probably)
125. Mariner moon
126. Merel (part of)(possibly)
127. Mersey
128. Monarch
129. Munificent
130. Murillo
131. Nancy moran
132. Negrier
133. Niki
134. Norman
135. North eastern victory
136. Notre dame des trois epis
137. Ocean hound
138. Opal
139. Ousel (probably)
140. Pallieter
141. Phoenix
142. Polgrange
143. Preussen
144. Pulborough
145. Quentovic
146. Rio parana
147. Rochester castle (possibly)
148. Rydal force
149. Rynanna
150. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
151. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
152. Sabac
153. Saint michael veillez sur nous
154. Saint ronan (possibly)
155. Saint ronan (possibly)
156. Sambut
157. Santagata
158. Santagata (?part of)
159. Sea serpent
160. Selma (possibly)
161. Shenandoah
162. Smarapaan
163. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
164. Strathclyde
165. Surrey
166. Tbd 317
167. Teeswood
168. Texaco caribbean (after section)
169. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
170. The queen
171. Tina primo
172. Toornvliet (probably)
173. Toward
174. Traquair (probably)
175. U 11 (possibly)
176. U 16 (possibly)
177. U 48
178. U 8
179. Ub 103 (possibly)
180. Ub 108 (possibly)
181. Ub 109
182. Ub 38
183. Ub 55 (probably)
184. Ub 56 (possibly)
185. Ub 58 (possibly)
186. Ub 78
187. Ub-33 (probably)
188. Uc 26
189. Uc 46
190. Uc 46 (possibly)
191. Uc 63
192. Uc 77 (possibly)
193. Uc 78 or uc 79
194. Unity
195. Virginie
196. W a scholten
197. Wheatman (possibly)
198. Will and maggie (probably)
199. Xanthence

 

Name: UC 46 (POSSIBLY)

Length 52.7 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 480 ton

Cause: Rammed and depth charged by hms liberty in dover straits.

Year of registration: 1960

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 180 cm

Known since: 1960, last detected: 20160907

Details measurements/cartography: H5824/60 3.3.61 WK LOCATED IN 510706N, 013000E USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 94FT. (HMS SCOTT, 11.5.60). CHART AS NDW. LC 1828. H5824/60 14.11.61 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 69FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 110FT IN GEN DEPTH 125FT. (HMS SCOTT, 13.4.61). 26.6.68 AMENDED TO WK 18FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1828 & LC 1892. H4667/70 31.12.70 LOCATED IN 510713N, 012959E [EUR] USING HI-FIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.8 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NEGLIGIBLE SCOUR. SEABED SLOPING. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. TIME DID NOT PERMIT SWEEPING. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 20/70). CHART AS WK 15FMS IN 510708N, 013000E [OGB].

- NM 113/71. H5197/70 11.8.71 LOCATED IN 510713.2N, 012959.3E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 30.6 FOUL AT 30.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR 35MTRS [LAT]. SEABED IRREGULAR AND ROCKY. LIES 170/350DEGS, APPROX 125FT LONG. (HMS FAWN, HN). AMEND TO SW 17FMS.

- NM 1285/71. 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 30.5MTRS. NC 1828. 20.6.78 CONTACT CONFIRMED AS POSSIBLE SUB. (E GILES, JUNE 1978). COULD BE UC 46. (UB INTELLIGENCE). H4453/72 20.4.79 EXAM'D 20 & 24.4.78 IN 510713N, 013007E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.8 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.1MTRS, LYING NW/SE. SONAR RESPONSE NOT GOOD. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. R/P. HH090/606/01 1.2.94 LOCATED 29.10.93 IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN. NOT EXAMINED. GAVE GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. DCS3 HT 2.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 606). NCA. SEP 2016/000091760 24.01.17 EXAM'D ON 07.09.16; IN 5107.194N, 0129.967E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.74MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 2MTRS, ORIENTATION 180/000DEGS. NO SCOUR. UNKNOWN MAGNETIC ANOMALY. STRONG SONAR SIGNAL. WK IS DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 7.194 N,1 29.967 E

 

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