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 (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Ambassador
3. Amelie (probably)
4. Amelie-suzanne
5. Antonio (probably)
6. Baychattan
7. Belle ile (possibly)
8. Benin
9. Bleamoor (probably)
10. Blue marlin
11. Brenda
12. Bretton hall
13. Broadmayne (part of)
14. Brunhilda
15. Buesten
16. Bull steamer (possibly)
17. Cantabria
18. Catherine allen
19. Cheapside (possibly)
20. Chloe t
21. Claverley (possibly)
22. Claverley (possibly)
23. Colorado (possibly)
24. Demetrios
25. Dudley rose
26. Eagle
27. Edam ii
28. Elizabeth caroline
29. Elsa
30. Elsa (possibly)
31. Emma
32. Empire harry
33. Farn
34. Fiona mary
35. Flourish
36. Garm (possibly)
37. Girl barbara
38. Glory
39. Greatham
40. Grelhame (probably)
41. Gro
42. Halloween
43. Haugastol (possibly)
44. Havbris (probably)
45. Hazelpark (possibly)
46. Herzogin cecilie
47. Heye p
48. Hildegard (possibly)
49. Hms benton castle
50. Hms chorley (possibly)
51. Hms crocodile
52. Hms jasper (possibly)
53. Hms newbridge (probably)
54. Hms penylan (e part)
55. Hms penylan (w part)
56. Hms picton castle
57. Hms ramillies
58. Hms savage
59. Hms stockforce (possibly)
60. Hms transvaal (possibly)
61. Hmsm d1
62. Hmsm m1
63. Jade star gypsy
64. Jordan a
65. Juno
66. Kendal castle
67. Laertes
68. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
69. Les mercenaires
70. Liberta
71. Louis shied
72. Maine
73. Marana (bow section)
74. Medina
75. Mudstomper (probably)
76. Neches (probably)
77. Newholm
78. North sea (probably)
79. Northville (possibly)
80. Oregon
81. Perm (possibly)
82. Persier
83. Pietje antje
84. Placidas faroult
85. Riversdale
86. Shirley betty
87. Skaala
88. Soudan
89. St katharine (probably)
90. Stanhope
91. Talvaldis (possibly)
92. Tasmania (possibly)
93. Ternefjell
94. Totnes castle
95. Two sisters
96. U 1063
97. U 214 (probably)
98. Uc 49 (probably)
99. Uc 51
100. Uskmoor (probably)
101. Visborg (possibly)
102. W.s.w. one
103. Waikawa (possibly)
104. Warsaw
105. Wreathier
106. Yvette bm217

 

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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