This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 66, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 45 N,5 10 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 66
Length 52.7 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 511 ton
Cause: built 1916 by blohm & voss, hamburg. depth charged & sunk by hired trawler 'sea king', 4m se of lizard pt. (sibi & ww1)
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 81 meter
Known since: 1917
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 494500N, 051000W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY. 28.6.06 UC 66 WAS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE THE SUBMARINE [SEE 22287] IN 4948.321N, 0512.444W [WGD]. BUT THIS WAS DIVED ON 25.6.06 BY GIFFORD POUND & INNES MC CARTNEY AND FOUND TO BE A WW2 GERMAN SUBMARINE. POSN FOR FILING RECORD CREATED FOR UC 66. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 45 N,5 10 W