This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 51, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.403 N,3 41.533 W (50.140050, -3.692217)

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 51

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

Cause: oil engines, twin shaft. passage bruges for patrol and return. sunk by hm destroyer firedrake. all hands lost.

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: 19.11.75 19.11.75 CHARTED AS USC PA 27FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2649. H1936/80 1.10.81 H1936/80 1.10.81 EXAM'D 16.3.81 IN 500821N, 034130W [OGB] TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS. ABOUT 40MTRS LONG, LYING NE/SW, GIVING FAIR SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRNS. (HMS BEAGLE HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 59MTRS. BR STD. 6.3.01 6.3.01 THIS IS THE UC 51 WHICH ENTERED A MINEFIELD WHICH HAD BEEN LAID THE PREVIOUS WEEK. STERN HAS BEEN BLOWN OFF. MINES REMAIN IN THE BOAT. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON). HH091/059/01 4.5.05 HH091/059/01 4.5.05 EXAM'D 19.7.04 IN 5008.403N, 0341.533W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.9 IN GEN DEPTH 66.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 50 8.403 N,3 41.533 W

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