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 (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Acklamd (possibly)
5. Action
6. Adgillus
7. Afton
8. Agnes
9. Airdrie (possibly)
10. Alliance
11. Amber rose
12. Amicus
13. Amsteldam
14. Amstelland
15. Anastasia
16. Angelo rose
17. Ardbeg (probably)
18. Ardens (probably)
19. Argo (possibly)
20. Ariel (possibly)
21. Aurora
22. Avance (probably)
23. Ballina
24. Ballogie
25. Barrister (possibly)
26. Bassa
27. Be ready (probably)
28. Bella
29. Bellerophon
30. Ben cruachan
31. Ben rein (ex-starling)
32. Bessie
33. Beursplein
34. Blanche (possibly)
35. Bonhomme richard
36. Brema
37. Briar
38. British councillor
39. British prince
40. Briton (possibly)
41. C s parnell
42. Cadmus
43. Calista (probably)
44. Canada
45. Cardea
46. Carley marie
47. Carmelite (possibly)
48. Caroline
49. Carson
50. Casanare
51. Chant 63
52. Chloris (possibly)
53. Chrysopolis
54. Citrine
55. Clan macmaster
56. Clan menzies
57. Clwyd (probably)
58. Coalman
59. Conargo
60. Conargo
61. Conisbro castle
62. Coniston (probably)
63. Connemara
64. Conovium (probably)
65. Cook s26
66. Corhampton
67. Corinth (possibly)
68. Corrientes
69. Cressado
70. Creteboom
71. Crois bhride
72. Crusader (possibly)
73. Cyclope
74. Dalewood (probably)
75. Dana (possibly)
76. Darro
77. Dawn waters
78. Deptford
79. Diana
80. Diana
81. Don boscoe
82. Doris b
83. Downshire (possibly)
84. Downshire (probably)
85. Dryade
86. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
87. Dunavil forth (possibly)
88. Dundalk
89. Eilean glas
90. Eileen
91. Eleanor
92. Elfrida
93. Embassage
94. Emerald dawn
95. Empire airman
96. Empire of peace
97. Empire wind
98. Empress (probably)
99. Empress eugenie
100. Endymion
101. Express (possibly)
102. Feltre
103. Fenella ann
104. Florence
105. Flowerette
106. Flying meteor
107. Forest queen
108. Francis
109. Fulmar
110. G-azjy
111. G.3
112. George & mary
113. Georgina hutton
114. Georgios
115. Ginette michel
116. Ginger
117. Girl sylvia
118. Giuseppe
119. Glencona
120. Glenford
121. Glenmaroon (possibly)
122. Globe trotter
123. Grinder
124. Hannah louisa
125. Harnis (probably)
126. Hebe
127. Heemskerk
128. Helmsman (probably)
129. Herbie
130. Hibernian
131. Hms botanic
132. Hms dirk
133. Hms fairy
134. Hms falcon (stern section)
135. Hms garmo (probably)
136. Hms racehorse
137. Hms silicia
138. Hms thalia
139. Horsted
140. Hugh taylor
141. Ida
142. Irene chalmers
143. J b paddon
144. Jane brown
145. Janet helen (possibly)
146. Jeanette
147. John rettig (probably)
148. Kalo (probably)
149. Kernoozer
150. Kieldrecht (possibly)
151. Kilcoan (probably)
152. Kilrea (probably)
153. Kimberley (possibly)
154. Kingston cameo
155. Knuthenborg
156. Labora (possibly)
157. Lady anstruther (probably)
158. Lady louisa
159. Lagun
160. Landport (possibly)
161. Largo (possibly)
162. Leeds (probably)
163. Lifeguard (possibly)
164. Lily
165. Limesfield
166. Linda blanche
167. Liverpool
168. Lough fisher
169. Lucy
170. Lunevale
171. Lurigethan
172. Lyra
173. Lyra (bow section)
174. Madge wildfire
175. Magdalyn ann
176. Maggie
177. Maja
178. Malaguena
179. Manchester engineer (probably)
180. Manx queen
181. Marguerite
182. Marian francis
183. Marianne toft (possibly)
184. Marie l
185. Markersdall (probably)
186. Mary heeley
187. Mayfield
188. Meeuw
189. Megawatt
190. Melfort
191. Merisia
192. Mfv polaris
193. Mhari l
194. Modig
195. Modiva (possibly)
196. Montreal
197. Moonlight
198. Moonlight (possibly)
199. Murielle
200. Nadejda (possibly)
201. Nalon
202. Nar
203. Nichola ann
204. Nitedal
205. No.163
206. Noel du marin
207. Nora
208. Norfolk coast
209. Ocean harvest ii
210. Octavia
211. Old haws pt lt or west pile
212. Onward (possibly)
213. Opal (possibly)
214. Orsa
215. Otis tetrax
216. Our golden promise
217. Our lassie
218. Our lorraine
219. Our queen
220. Paraciers
221. Peebles (possibly)
222. Peru (probably)
223. Peveril
224. Portia
225. Potomac
226. Princess victoria
227. Pt1 or pt2
228. Realf
229. Rebecca
230. Residu
231. Retriever
232. Revi
233. Ringwall
234. River don (part of)(probably)
235. Roussalka
236. Rudyard kipling
237. Saint barchan
238. Saint mirren (possibly)
239. Saltaro (fwd part)
240. Saltaro (fwd part)
241. Saltaro (fwd part)
242. Saltoun
243. Samaria
244. Sarpfos
245. Scathros
246. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
247. Scorpio
248. Sea dog
249. Seamew (possibly)
250. Sergei
251. Silver crest
252. Silver dee
253. Silver quest 2
254. Silverpine
255. Skerries
256. Skomer
257. Sna iii
258. Sota eduardo
259. Sote (aft part)
260. Speedwell
261. St elwyn
262. Stamila
263. Stanburn
264. Storm drift
265. Sulairia
266. Sunbeam
267. Sunrise (possibly)
268. Sy sol
269. Tees
270. Temple mead
271. Thornfield
272. Thracian
273. Tijl uilenspiegel
274. Tilley anne
275. Tinker
276. Togston (possibly)
277. Topaz
278. Treveal
279. Tullaghmurray lass
280. Tumi joy 2
281. Tuskar
282. U 1024 (possibly)
283. U 1024 (probably)
284. U 246
285. Ubier (probably)
286. Uc 39
287. Uc 47
288. Uc 75
289. Umbe
290. Upminster (possibly)
291. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
292. Vanadis (possibly)
293. Varangmalm (possibly)
294. Vedra
295. Viking
296. Ville de valenciennes
297. Violet (probably)
298. Waltham (probably)
299. Wayside flower (possibly)
300. Whitemantle (possibly)
301. Wild wave
302. William hanbury
303. Zealandia

 

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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