This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 75, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 56.515 N,0 8.907 E (53.7402833, 0.2099667)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Agnes
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Angelo rose
5. Ardens (probably)
6. Avance (probably)
7. Ballogie
8. Bellerophon
9. Bonhomme richard
10. Brema
11. British councillor
12. British prince
13. Briton (possibly)
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Caroline
17. Carson
18. Chant 63
19. Chloris (possibly)
20. Cook s26
21. Corhampton
22. Corinth (possibly)
23. Cyclope
24. Dana (possibly)
25. Deptford
26. Diana
27. Diana
28. Dryade
29. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
30. Elfrida
31. Empress (probably)
32. Feltre
33. Forest queen
34. Francis
35. G.3
36. Georgios
37. Giuseppe
38. Hannah louisa
39. Harnis (probably)
40. Helmsman (probably)
41. Hms botanic
42. Hms dirk
43. Hms fairy
44. Hms falcon (stern section)
45. Hms garmo (probably)
46. Hms silicia
47. Hms thalia
48. Horsted
49. Hugh taylor
50. Ida
51. J b paddon
52. Janet helen (possibly)
53. John rettig (probably)
54. Kalo (probably)
55. Kernoozer
56. Kieldrecht (possibly)
57. Kilrea (probably)
58. Kimberley (possibly)
59. Kingston cameo
60. Knuthenborg
61. Lady anstruther (probably)
62. Landport (possibly)
63. Lifeguard (possibly)
64. Lyra (bow section)
65. Magdalyn ann
66. Maggie
67. Manchester engineer (probably)
68. Manx queen
69. Marian francis
70. Marie l
71. Markersdall (probably)
72. Meeuw
73. Modig
74. Modiva (possibly)
75. Nar
76. Nitedal
77. Norfolk coast
78. Onward (possibly)
79. Orsa
80. Otis tetrax
81. Our lorraine
82. Paraciers
83. Peebles (possibly)
84. Portia
85. Realf
86. Revi
87. River don (part of)(probably)
88. Saltoun
89. Sergei
90. Sna iii
91. Sota eduardo
92. Stanburn
93. Storm drift
94. Tees
95. Togston (possibly)
96. Uc 39
97. Uc 47
98. Uc 75
99. Umbe
100. Upminster (possibly)
101. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
102. Varangmalm (possibly)
103. Ville de valenciennes
104. Violet (probably)
105. Wayside flower (possibly)
106. Whitemantle (possibly)

 

Name: UC 75

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

Cause: Rammed and sunk by hms fairy. (ap report, va east coast).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 535636N, 000907E, APPROX. (U BOAT INTELLIGENCE). H4523/26 16.10.26 NDW PA (1918) IN 535700N, 000900E. (ADMIRALTY). BR STD. H01624/44 14.6.44 POSN 535636N, 000907E. KNOWN TO HAVE AT LEAST 60 FT OF WATER OVER IT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 14.4.44). AMEND POSN. LC 1190. 1.3.74 AMEND TO WK 17.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H5084/77 20.3.80 EXAM'D 21.11.79 IN 535628N, 000904E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.9 IN GEN DEPTH 32.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.2MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS. LYING 125/315DEGS. (HMS ECHO HI 64/79). AMEND TO WK 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1942/76 9.3.81 SWEPT 3.6.80. CLEAR AT 25.4, FOUL AT 25.6MTRS. (SOISS, HI 65/80). AMEND TO SW 25MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/05 29.5.92 WK IN 535603N, 000858E IDENTIFIED AS UC 75 - PROPELLER BLADES CARRY IDENTIFICATION. (R J COLLINSON). NCA. HH100/351/06 13.4.93 DIVED ON IN 535627N, 000905.5E USING DECCA. IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED. LIES INTACT AND STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). NCA. 20.7.94 WK REPD TO HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED: BOTH FORWARD AND STERN TORPEDO TUBES, PROPELLERS AND DECK GUN HAVING BEEN REMOVED. THE CONNING TOWER AND HULL ARE STILL INTACT AND IT LIES UPRIGHT ON A SAND AND GRAVEL SEABED. (B THOMPSON LTR DTD 18.7.94) SEP 2016/000053291 12.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5356.515N, 0008.907E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, LENGTH 42.9MTRS, WIDTH 6.3MTRS, HEIGHT 5.06MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 12MTRS, TOWARD 290 DEGS. WRECK OF SUBMARINE SITTING ON ITS HULL, UPRIGHT AND INTACT. CONNING TOWER IS PROMINENT WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 53 56.515 N,0 8.907 E

 

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