This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 49 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.789 N,3 26.825 W (50.329817, -3.447083)

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.

Name: UC 49 (PROBABLY)

Length 52.7 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 511 ton

Cause: sunk by depth charge attack by hms opossum and seven motor boats from rnc dartmouth. (der krieg zur see). on passage to lay mines off plymouth.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4M SW OF BERRY HEAD. (DER KRIEG ZUR SEE). H4850/25 SUNK IN 501940N, 032609W. (DOCKET M022850/18). CHART AS NDW (1918). BR STD. H6025/39 22.8.39 WK 21FMS IN 501946N, 032648W. (HMS GLEANER). - FNM ACTION. H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 501947N, 032647W. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 20FMS, HT ABOVE SEABED 48FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 20FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2396/77 10.3.77 WK IN 501945N, 032647W [OGB] USING DECCA. AROUND 250FT LONG. NO GOOD SONAR RUN WAS MADE. LYING ABOUT 110DEGS ON ITS SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN. CLEARANCE BY E/S 120FT REDUCED. RISE ABOUT 45FT. SEABED GENERALLY ABOUT 175FT. SHALLOW SCOUR. WK DIVED ON ONCE ONLY BY INEXPERIENCED DIVER IN BAD UNDERWATER VISIBILITY. PROPELLER IS POSSIBLY BUT NOT CERTAINLY NON-FERROUS. NO RUDDER POST OR RUDDER NEAR STERN. SHELL PLATING IS WELL ROTTED. SURVEY IN MAY 1975 USING SONAR, E/S AND DIVERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE, 10.2.77). NCA. H2061/82 14.9.83 EXAM'D 27 TO 29.3.83 IN 501945N, 032645W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 13.7MTRS. LIES APPROX 060/240DEGS. GOOD SONAR & MAGNETOMETER CONTACT. (HMS HERALD, HI 132). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2923/83 2.10.84 LOCATED 10.5.84 IN 501945N, 032646W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. LYING 098/278DEGS. NOT FULLY EXAMINED. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). NCA. 30.4.13 EXAM'D 20.1.13 IN 5019.789N, 0326.825W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.1 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 200MTRS ALONG 095/275 DEGS. LENGTH 104MTRS, WIDTH 16.1MTRS, HT 11.9MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. INTACT, POSSIBLY LYING ON ITS SIDE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). RETAIN WK 37MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?ON IT SIDE, SCOUR RUNS 095/275 DEGS

Position: 50 19.789 N,3 26.825 W

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