This is the information page about the shipwreck Ula, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 56.329 N,5 1.064 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ULA
Length 57.9 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 839 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-christensen '71, ex-jon sigurdsson, ex-paul podeus, ex-fernhurst. built in 1898 by r craggs & sons ltd, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by d/s a/s ula. two boiler, triple expansion engine of 97nhp, single shaft. machinery by whyte & mair, dundee. passage rouen for bergen. torpedoed by german submarine 10m ese of the lizard. (sibi & ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 24 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10 MILES ESE OF THE LIZARD. (LL WW1). H5051/70 16.11.70 INS AS NDW PA. NC 777. H3110/72 28.11.73 LOCATED IN 495615.0N, 050100.6W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 70MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 79MTRS. (HMS HECATE, 1973). AMEND TO WK 70MTRS IN 495615.0N, 050100.6W [OGB].
- NM 1002/74. H2979/74 19.2.76 FF IN 495627N, 050102W. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, HYDROSERVE LTD, 29.1.76). HH100/351/18 27.8.02 DIVED ON 24.8.02 IN 4956.328N, 0501.069W [WGD] USING DGPS. TELEGRAPH IS NORWEGIAN MANUFACTURE, CONFIRMING IDENTITY. (G POUND/G FURSE, TELECON 27.8.02) AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 5.4.05 EXAM'D 20.8.04 IN 4956.328N, 0501.063W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 69.9 IN GEN DEPTH 78.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 8.5MTRS. LIES 024/204 DEGS WITH BOWS SSW. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 69MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 16.6.05 STERN IS INTACT WITH ACCOMMODATION AREA. AFT TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE IS OBVIOUS, THEN WK BREAKS DOWN TO SEABED LEVEL. TWIN BOILERS STAND PROUD. COLLAPSED FWD FROM BOILERS TO VERY TIP OF BOW. HOLDS FWD DOWN TO GRAVEL SEABED LEVEL. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 21.11.05 EXAM'D IN 4956.329N, 0501.064W [WGD]. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 69MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, BOWS SSW
Position: 49 56.329 N,5 1.064 W