This is the information page about the shipwreck Uc66, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 14.517 N,6 19.888 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)

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.

Name: UC66

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 88 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/499/01 31.1.91 WK LOCATED 10.8.90 IN 501431N, 061949W [OGB]. ESTIMATED LEAST DEPTH 84 IN GEN DEPTH 87MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS, LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. (THMR LTD, HI 499). INS AS NDW.

- NM 553/91. HH090/499/02 19.7.91 EXAM'D 21.5.91 IN 501429.2N, 061949.7W [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82.9 IN GEN DEPTH 88.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. WELL DEFINED, APPARENTLY BADLY DAMAGED AND BUCKLED. LIES 160/340 DEG. CENTRAL HIGH POINT. (NP 1008, HI 527). FROM SONAR TRACE APPEARS TO BE WK OF A SUBMARINE. AMEND TO WK 83MTRS. BR STD. 22.6.09 DIVED 15 & 16.6.09, CONFIRMED AS WK OF GERMAN SUBMARINE OF WWI VINTAGE IN GEN DEPTH OF 95MTRS . LARGE 'ATLANTIC' TYPE, BROKEN IN HALF IN FRONT OF THE CONNING TOWER, WITH 88MM AMMUNITION SCATTERED AROUND WHICH IS STAMPED 1905. BRONZE PROP. CROCKERY FOUND WITH IMPERIAL GERMAN MARKINGS. (G POUND, TELECOM DTD 22.6.09). NCA. 16.12.21 IN OCTOBER 2018, IN CONJUNCTION WITH Dr McCARTNEY, A SURVEY OF THE WRECK SITE ABOUT 15nm NORTH OF THE ISLES OF SCILLY WAS MADE USING AN ROV FROM THE VESSEL SEVERN SEA OF MARINE CONTRACTORS KEYNVOR MORLIFT OF APPLEDORE IN DEVON. THE SUBMARINE WAS SEEN TO BE BROKEN IN TWO, AND THE DISTINCTIVE RAISED SECTION OF THE FORWARD CASING SHOWED IT TO BE A UCII CLASS MINELAYER. AS UC66 WAS THE ONLY UCII TO HAVE BEEN LOST AT THE TIME, AND THE LOCATION CLOSE TO WHERE THE ACTION OF 27 MAY 1917 TOOK PLACE, THE IDENTIY OF THE WRECK COULD BE CONFIRMED AS UC66.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN HALF FORWARD OF THE CONNING TOWER

Position: 50 14.517 N,6 19.888 W

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