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 (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. Brendonia
15. Ca 4
16. Camisard
17. Cap de la hague
18. Carmen
19. Cathay (part of)
20. Cedrington court
21. Colbert
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. Costas michalos (aft section)
27. Costas michalos (fwd part)
28. D'artagnan
29. Dartmore
30. Diana
31. Dinard
32. Dixie
33. Dunbar castle
34. E goodwin ltv
35. Efford
36. Eidsiva (probably)
37. Eleonora
38. Emile deschamps
39. Emma
40. Emma (possibly)
41. Empire lough (probably)
42. Empress of fort william (probably)
43. En avant
44. Falcon (probably)
45. Fearless
46. Filleigh
47. Flachsee
48. Flandres
49. Francesco ciampa
50. Frons olivae (probably)
51. G 85 (possibly)
52. G-42 (possibly)
53. Gad 23
54. Genimar
55. Gladys
56. Gloire a sainte therese
57. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
58. Halcyon
59. Harcalo
60. Henry b plant
61. Henry moon
62. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
63. Hmhs anglia
64. Hms alert ?
65. Hms aragonite (part of)
66. Hms aragonite (part of)
67. Hms aries (possibly)
68. Hms artic trapper
69. Hms brazen
70. Hms carilon
71. Hms carlton
72. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
73. Hms city of dundee
74. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
75. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
76. Hms fauvette
77. Hms flirt
78. Hms glen boyne
79. Hms kingston galena
80. Hms lord grey
81. Hms lydian
82. Hms marcella
83. Hms napia
84. Hms niger (possibly)
85. Hms northumberland (probably)
86. Hms othello ii
87. Hms peridot
88. Hms restoration (possibly)
89. Hms rodino
90. Hms stirling castle (probably)
91. Hms torbay ii (probably)
92. Hms tourmaline
93. Hms tranquil
94. Hms war sepoy
95. Hms weigelia
96. Hms wessex
97. Hmsm b2
98. Hundvaag
99. Ilaro
100. Ira (possibly)
101. Jacob luckenbach
102. James harrod
103. Josephine willis
104. Jupiter (probably)
105. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
106. Kabinda
107. Kadru
108. Karmt
109. Katharina kolkmann
110. Kielce
111. Kirsten skou
112. Koenigshaven
113. L'armandeche
114. La fleche
115. Lady stella
116. Latona
117. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
118. Le pelerin de la mer
119. Le tregor
120. Leicester
121. Leo
122. Lighter 83
123. Loanda
124. Lolworth
125. Lord hamilton (possibly)
126. Luray victory
127. Lusitania
128. Mahratta
129. Mahratta ii
130. Maloja 1
131. Malta (probably)
132. Mariner moon
133. Merel (part of)(possibly)
134. Mersey
135. Monarch
136. Monica (possibly)
137. Munificent
138. Murillo
139. Nancy moran
140. Negrier
141. Niki
142. Norman
143. North eastern victory
144. Notre dame des trois epis
145. Ocean hound
146. Ocean king (possibly)
147. Opal
148. Ousel (probably)
149. Pallieter
150. Phoenix
151. Polgrange
152. Preussen
153. Pulborough
154. Quentovic
155. Regin (possibly)
156. Rio parana
157. Rochester castle (possibly)
158. Rooswijk
159. Rydal force
160. Rynanna
161. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
162. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
163. Sabac
164. Saint michael veillez sur nous
165. Saint ronan (possibly)
166. Saint ronan (possibly)
167. Sambut
168. Santagata
169. Santagata (?part of)
170. Sea serpent
171. Selma (possibly)
172. Shenandoah
173. Smarapaan
174. Spanish prince
175. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
176. St claire (possibly)
177. Strathclyde
178. Surrey
179. Tbd 317
180. Teeswood
181. Texaco caribbean (after section)
182. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
183. The queen
184. Tina primo
185. Toornvliet (probably)
186. Toromoree
187. Toward
188. Traquair (probably)
189. U 11 (possibly)
190. U 16 (possibly)
191. U 48
192. U 8
193. Ub 103 (possibly)
194. Ub 108 (possibly)
195. Ub 109
196. Ub 12 (possibly)
197. Ub 29 (possibly)
198. Ub 38
199. Ub 55 (probably)
200. Ub 56 (possibly)
201. Ub 58 (possibly)
202. Ub 78
203. Ub-33 (probably)
204. Uc 26
205. Uc 46
206. Uc 46 (possibly)
207. Uc 63
208. Uc 77 (possibly)
209. Uc 78 or uc 79
210. Unity
211. Virginie
212. W a scholten
213. Wheatman (possibly)
214. Will and maggie (probably)
215. 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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