This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc 78 or uc 79, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.119 N,1 31.589 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. Acer
2. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Advent
5. Africa
6. Agen
7. Amandine
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Argo
12. Ashley
13. Atlantic (possibly)
14. Belford
15. Blanc nez
16. Brandenburg
17. Ca 4
18. Cachalot
19. Camisard
20. Cap de la hague
21. Carmen
22. Colbert
23. Colbert (possibly)
24. Constanzia
25. Corhaven
26. Costas michalos (aft section)
27. Costas michalos (fwd part)
28. D'artagnan
29. Dartmore
30. Dinard
31. Dixie
32. Dotterel
33. Efford
34. Eidsiva (probably)
35. Eleonora
36. Emma
37. Emma (possibly)
38. Empire lough (probably)
39. Empress of fort william (probably)
40. En avant
41. Eustratios (probably)
42. Evolution
43. Express
44. Falcon (probably)
45. Fearless
46. Flachsee
47. Flandres
48. Francesco ciampa
49. G 85 (possibly)
50. G-42 (possibly)
51. Genimar
52. Gladys
53. Gloire a sainte therese
54. Halcyon
55. Harmatris
56. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
57. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
58. Hmhs anglia
59. Hms aragonite (part of)
60. Hms aragonite (part of)
61. Hms aries (possibly)
62. Hms brazen
63. Hms carlton
64. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
65. Hms city of dundee
66. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
67. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
68. Hms flirt
69. Hms glen boyne
70. Hms kingston galena
71. Hms lord grey
72. Hms lydian
73. Hms niger (possibly)
74. Hms othello ii
75. Hms peridot
76. Hms rodino
77. Hms torbay ii (probably)
78. Hms tranquil
79. Hms war sepoy
80. Hms weigelia
81. Hms wessex
82. Hmsm b2
83. Hundvaag
84. Iltis (possibly)
85. Ines
86. Ira (possibly)
87. Jacob luckenbach
88. James harrod
89. Jupiter (probably)
90. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
91. Kadru
92. Katharina kolkmann
93. Kielce
94. Kirsten skou
95. L'armandeche
96. La fleche
97. Lady stella
98. Latona
99. Le pelerin de la mer
100. Le tregor
101. Leicester
102. Leo
103. Loanda
104. Loic
105. Luray victory
106. Lusitania
107. Mahratta
108. Maloja 1
109. Marie-ange loic
110. Mariner moon
111. Mercator
112. Moise
113. Monarch
114. Moorside (probably)
115. Munificent
116. Murillo
117. Nancy moran
118. Negrier
119. Nicolaw
120. Niendorf (possibly)
121. Niki
122. Norman
123. North eastern victory
124. Notre dame des trois epis
125. Ophelie
126. Ousel (probably)
127. Pallieter
128. Petit antoine
129. Phoenix
130. Polgrange
131. Preussen
132. Pulborough
133. Quentovic
134. Rio parana
135. Rochester castle (possibly)
136. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
137. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
138. Sabac
139. Saint benoit labre
140. Saint michael veillez sur nous
141. Saint ronan (possibly)
142. Saint ronan (possibly)
143. Sambut
144. Santagata
145. Santagata (?part of)
146. Smarapaan
147. Spanish prince
148. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
149. St claire (possibly)
150. Strathclyde
151. Tbd 317
152. Teeswood
153. Texaco caribbean (after section)
154. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
155. The queen
156. Toornvliet (probably)
157. Toward
158. Traquair (probably)
159. Tusnastabb (possibly)
160. U 11 (possibly)
161. U 16 (possibly)
162. U 8
163. Ub 103 (possibly)
164. Ub 108 (possibly)
165. Ub 109
166. Ub 29 (possibly)
167. Ub 38
168. Ub 55 (probably)
169. Ub 56 (possibly)
170. Ub 78
171. Ub-33 (probably)
172. Uc 26
173. Uc 46
174. Uc 46 (possibly)
175. Uc 63
176. Uc 77 (possibly)
177. Uc 78 or uc 79
178. Unity
179. Virginie
180. Virgo sancta
181. W a scholten
182. Wheatman (possibly)
183. Will and maggie (probably)
184. Xanthence

 

Name: UC 78 OR UC 79

Length 52.1 meter, width: 5.2 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 493 ton

Cause: uc78 was depth charged & sunk by hm drifters 'our friend' & 'mary'. uc 78 was a ucii class submarine, built 1916 by ag vulcan, hamburg. sunk may 1918. mined. all 29 crew lost. uc 79 was also known to have been lost in this area in april 1918. (lost patrols, i mc cartney)

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: 12.8.78 WK OF GERMAN U-BOAT REPD IN APPROX 505630N, 013100E. (E GILES). H2172/81 11.2.83 WK 37.4MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS, SHOWN IN 505608N, 013139E ON FRENCH SURVEY [K9065/6] OF 1981/82. POSSIBLY THIS WK. CHART AS WK 37MTRS IN 505606N, 013141E [OGB]. BR STD. HH100/351/21 24.8.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS WK WAS FIRST LOCATED BY CMDR DAMANT IN AUGUST 1918. MINE CHUTES ARE EMPTY. ONE PROP HAS 'UC 77' EMBOSSED ON IT AND THE OTHER 'UC 79'. ALMOST CERTAINLY UC-79 WHICH WAS LOST IN THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL 1918. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 16.8.04). NCA. 25.6.07 A UC SUBMARINE WAS LOCATED IN 5056.140N, 0131.58E APPROX BY CMDR DAMANT'S DIVE TEAM & CONCLUDED BY THE ADMIRALTY THAT IT WAS UC 78, HOWEVER POSSIBILITY REMAINS THAT IT COULD BE UC 79 WHICH DISAPPEARED IN APRIL 1918. (LOST PATROLS, I MC CARTNEY) SEP 2016/000076595 21.9.16 SHOWN AS WK 37MTRS IN 5056.119N, 0131.589E [WGD] ON FR474240 & FRENCH 7424. [ED 3, 2016]. AMEND TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 56.119 N,1 31.589 E

 

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