This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 77 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.281 N,1 16.548 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Agen
4. Amplegarth
5. Andaman
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Ashley
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Belford
11. Blanc nez
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Bravore
15. Cabo espartel
16. Cachalot
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. De fontaine
25. Dinard
26. Dotterel
27. Efford
28. Eidsiva (probably)
29. Electra
30. Eleonora
31. Emma
32. Emma (possibly)
33. Empire lough (probably)
34. Empress of fort william (probably)
35. En avant
36. Eustratios (probably)
37. Excellence pleske
38. Falcon (probably)
39. Fearless
40. Flachsee
41. Flandres
42. Francesco ciampa
43. G-42 (possibly)
44. G-asad
45. Gad 23
46. Gladys
47. Gloire a sainte therese
48. Grit (probably)
49. Grosser kurfurst
50. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
51. Halcyon
52. Harcalo
53. Henry moon
54. Heron
55. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
56. Hmhs anglia
57. Hms aragonite (part of)
58. Hms aries (possibly)
59. Hms artic trapper
60. Hms blackwater
61. Hms brazen
62. Hms carlton
63. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
64. Hms city of dundee
65. Hms cleon
66. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
67. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
68. Hms glen boyne
69. Hms kingston galena
70. Hms lydian
71. Hms marcella
72. Hms myrmidon
73. Hms napia
74. Hms niger (possibly)
75. Hms northumberland (probably)
76. Hms othello ii
77. Hms peridot
78. Hms restoration (possibly)
79. Hms rodino
80. Hms stirling castle (probably)
81. Hms torbay ii (probably)
82. Hms tranquil
83. Hms war sepoy
84. Hms weigelia
85. Hmsm b2
86. Holland
87. Hundvaag
88. Hydaspes (possibly)
89. Ilaro
90. Iltis (possibly)
91. Ines
92. Ira (possibly)
93. Jacob luckenbach
94. James harrod
95. Jokai
96. Josephine willis
97. Kabinda
98. Kadru
99. Katharina kolkmann
100. Kielce
101. Kirsten skou
102. Koenigshaven
103. L'armandeche
104. La fleche
105. Lady stella
106. Latona
107. Le pelerin de la mer
108. Le tregor
109. Leicester
110. Leila najia
111. Leo
112. Lizzonia
113. Loanda
114. Lord hamilton (possibly)
115. Luray victory
116. Lusitania
117. Mahratta
118. Mahratta ii
119. Maloja 1
120. Malta (probably)
121. Marie-ange loic
122. Mercator
123. Merel (part of)(possibly)
124. Mersey
125. Milbanke (probably)
126. Moise
127. Monarch
128. Moorside (probably)
129. Mrav
130. Murillo
131. Nancy moran
132. Naranco
133. Negrier
134. Newcastle
135. Nicolaw
136. Niki
137. Norman
138. North eastern victory
139. Northfleet
140. Nunima
141. Ousel (probably)
142. Phoenix
143. Polgrange
144. Portslade (possibly)
145. Preussen
146. Pulborough
147. River levan
148. Rochester castle (possibly)
149. Roode zee (possibly)
150. Rydal force
151. Rynanna
152. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
153. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
154. Sabac
155. Saint ronan (possibly)
156. Saint ronan (possibly)
157. Salbya (possibly)
158. Sambut
159. Samida
160. Santagata
161. Santagata (?part of)
162. Sea serpent
163. Seine
164. Shenandoah
165. Sir russell
166. St cecilia
167. Strathclyde
168. T s webb
169. Teeswood
170. Texaco caribbean (after section)
171. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
172. The queen
173. Tokufuku maru
174. Toward
175. Traquair (probably)
176. Trooper
177. Tusnastabb (possibly)
178. U 11 (possibly)
179. U 16 (possibly)
180. U 48
181. U 8
182. Ub 103 (possibly)
183. Ub 108 (possibly)
184. Ub 109
185. Ub 31 ?
186. Ub 38
187. Ub 55 (probably)
188. Ub 56 (possibly)
189. Ub 58 (possibly)
190. Ub 78
191. Ub-33 (probably)
192. Uc 46 (possibly)
193. Uc 63
194. Uc 77 (possibly)
195. Uc 78 or uc 79
196. Unity
197. Virgo sancta
198. Vittoria claudia
199. W a scholten
200. Wheatman (possibly)
201. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: UC 77 (POSSIBLY)

Length 49.5 meter, width: 5.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 493 ton

Cause: Built by weser ag, bremen. oil engines of 250 bhp, twin shaft. 2 x bow & 1 x stern torpedo tubes. 1 x 8.8cm gun. on diving to get through the dover barrage left a trail of air bubbles and leaking oil. was depth charged by dover patrol drifters hm ships kessingland and golden gain.

Year of registration: 1960

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1960, last detected: 20160910

Details measurements/cartography: H5824/60 3.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 61FT. FIXED BY DECCA. (HMS SCOTT, 20.5.60). H5824/60 26.4.61 LOCATED 111.5DEGS, 3.4M FROM FOLKESTONE LT, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S CLOSE SE. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 41FT, FOUL AT 43FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. FIXED BY DECCA. (HMS EGERIA, 10.4.61). CHART AS WK 6FMS 5FT WITH LT BUOY CLOSE SE.

- NM 1026/61. H5824/60 30.9.63 WK DISPERSED & SWEPT CLEAR TO LEAST DEPTH OF 45FT. (TH, 25.7.63). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 3FT.

- NM 2032/63. 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 13.0MTRS [LAT]. NC 1892. H4199/78 16.8.78 LOCATED 19.10.77 IN 510315N, 011638E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS, LENGTH 46MTRS. LYING 060/240DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). CHART AS WK 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/82/22 21.9.82 IDENTIFIED AS SUBMARINE. SITTING UPRIGHT WITH CONNING TOWER BROKEN OFF. GUN IN SITU. BOW & OUTER HULL EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. (P G WEATHERLEY, 15.9.82). NCA. HH090/921/01 28.11.00 EXAM'D 15.10.00 IN 5103.277N, 0116.547E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.3, FOUL 18.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.2 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LIES 093/293 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 921). AMEND TO SW 18.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091760 19.01.17 EXAM'D 10.09.16; IN 5103.281N, 0116.548E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.12MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HEIGHT 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 050/230 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND PROBABLY LIES ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND DW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 3.281 N,1 16.548 E

 

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