This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 62 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 29.887 N,1 59.785 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Astrologer
6. Atle
7. Avonwood
8. Axminster (probably)
9. Barkis
10. Begona no 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. British captain
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Daisy (possibly)
26. David b summers
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Denewood
29. Django
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. El dorado
34. Elnet
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Eva witte
37. Excellenz mehnert
38. Farmatyr
39. Fidelio
40. Firth
41. Frumenton
42. G and e (possibly)
43. Gasfire
44. Gena
45. Geneva
46. George fisher
47. Gipsy (possibly)
48. Glen tilt (possibly)
49. Glynn
50. Groenlo
51. Gulf breaker
52. H h petersen
53. Helena
54. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
55. Hms cantatrice
56. Hms christopher (possibly)
57. Hms condor (probably)
58. Hms dhoon (probably)
59. Hms donside (possibly)
60. Hms evesham (possibly)
61. Hms exmoor
62. Hms fontenoy
63. Hms glen prosen
64. Hms harvest gleaner
65. Hms irvana (part of)
66. Hms jessie nutten
67. Hms kaphreda
68. Hms m a west (probably)
69. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
70. Hms orthos (probably)
71. Hms pelton (probably)
72. Hms speeton (possibly)
73. Hms spider
74. Hms tettenhall
75. Hms tonbridge
76. Hms tugela
77. Hms washington (probably)
78. Hms whooper
79. Hmsm d5
80. Hornchurch
81. Impulsion
82. Kenneth hawksfield
83. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
84. Knitsley (possibly)
85. La perouse (possibly)
86. Langeli (possibly)
87. Lapwing
88. Lapwing (possibly)
89. Liliane (possibly)
90. Lindisfarne (probably)
91. Lingfield
92. Magdapur
93. Mangara
94. Mardyke
95. Maria rosa
96. Marianne (probably)
97. Marsworth
98. Mascota (possibly)
99. Mascotte
100. Memento (possibly)
101. Merchant
102. Mercurius
103. Mirella
104. Montferland
105. Mudo
106. Murdoch (probably)
107. Nadir
108. Navarra (possibly)
109. Nereus
110. Newhaven (possibly)
111. Newland (possibly)
112. Nominoe
113. Nordborg (possibly)
114. Novocastrian
115. Oil trader
116. Osprey
117. Otis tarda
118. Philipp m
119. Pluton
120. Polaris
121. Prima
122. Regain
123. Ren
124. Reward (possibly)
125. Rhineland
126. Robin iv
127. Robrix
128. Rochester city
129. Rogate
130. Roxanna
131. Rye
132. Scotia
133. Sea rhine
134. Seagull
135. Silksworth hall (probably).
136. Sir william stephenson
137. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
138. Skodsburg (possibly)
139. Southford
140. St patrick
141. Stad alkmaar
142. Stanmount
143. Sunniside (probably)
144. Taber park
145. Thomas m (possibly)
146. Tidal (possibly)
147. Tregantle (possibly)
148. Trevethoe
149. Tunisiana
150. U 13 (probably)
151. Uc 62 (possibly)
152. Ui-001
153. Vanguard
154. Vigo
155. Viola (possibly)
156. Virgilia
157. War mehtar
158. War valley
159. White swan
160. White swan (possibly)
161. Wyetown
162. Xanthe
163. Yewvalley (possibly)
164. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: UC 62 (POSSIBLY)

Length 52.7 meter, width: 5.2 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 511 ton

Cause: built by a g weiser, bremen. two oil engines for 500hp, twin shaft. three torpedo tubes. one 8.8cm gun. torpedoed by british submarine e45. crew of 26 lost.

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H1942/80 2.9.82 LOCATED 27.2.82 IN 522951N, 015955E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.3 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 1.7MTRS, LENGTH 26.5MTRS, BEAM 7.2MTRS. LYING 099/279 DEGS, BETWEENTWO SANDWAVES, AND ALMOST LEVEL WITH SURROUNDING SEABED. THOUGHT TO BE A SUBMARINE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH090/616/01 25.10.94 EXAM'D 22.6.94 IN 522951.4N, 015953.9E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.0 IN GEN DEPTH 27-28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 1.0MTR. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. HAS LITTLE RELIEF AND LIES VIRTUALLY LEVEL WITH THE BOTTOM. SMALL PIECE OF DEBRIS 40MTRS TO THE S. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 25.7.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5229.887N, 0159.785E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 30.2MTRS, WIDTH 10.1MTRS, HEIGHT 0.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/280 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 8MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 000 DEGS. WRECK IS WELL BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND FOUL 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 29.887 N,1 59.785 E

 

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