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A rusting Russian submarine on the River Medway at Strood South East

The wreckage of a German World War One U-boat remains marooned in a remote area of mudflats off the Kent coast where it has been lying for nearly 100 years. It is believed it could be UB122,.


WW1 Uboat wreckage visible in River Medway BBC News

The Mediterranean U-boat Campaign lasted from about 21 September 1941 to 19 September 1944 during the Second World War. Malta was an active British base strategically located near supply routes from Europe to North Africa. Axis supply convoys across the Mediterranean Sea suffered severe losses, which in turn threatened the fighting ability of.


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The sub is, believed to be the UB-122, one of the roughly 100 German submarines turned over to Britain at the end of the war. The sub has been on the mudflats since 1921, but is in a remote area and is intermittently visible, depending on the tides and the action of storms. As reported in the Daily Mail:


CITiZAN Coastal Map Photo UB122

The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. Over 40.000 pages on the officers, the boats, technology and the Allied efforts to counter the U-boat threat.. U-475 (Medway, Kent) Date added: 2 Aug 2003: Type: Museum: City: Rochester.


UB122 The Medway's German UBoat Wreck Urban Ghosts

Medway UB-122 Submarine Wreck. SM UB-122 was a World War One German submarine, or U-Boat, in the German Imperial Navy which was first commissioned in March 1918 after a year of construction. The 183ft warship was armed with 10 torpedoes and a 3.46 inch deck gun which would have been operated by the 31 men and 3 officers onboard.


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Situated within a creek on the River Medway are the Wrecks of 3 WWI German U Boats. At the end of WWI the Germans surrendered 100 of their U Boats due to the armistice, these were taken to Harwich, some of them being sent to naval dockyards for scrapping and some to the French Navy. Three of the U Boats were purchased by a Cement Works in Halling, Medway. It is believed this particular U Boat.


Report UB122 German Submarine Wreck, Medway Estuary, Kent June

893. 1. Triangles: 97.8k. Vertices: 49.5k. More model information. Nestled in Humble Bee Creek on the Medway estuary lie the remains of a demon of the first world war. A German U-boat hull lies on top of a small mudbank having broken its tow in the early 1920's most likely on the way to a salvage yard. Immediately after the Great War the.


Medway UB122 Submarine Wreck Beyond the Point

Published: 15:15, 20 December 2013 | | | A German U-boat from the First World War that lies encased in the mudflats of the Medway is causing quite a stir. Experts believe that the U-boat,.


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April 4, 2016 Heritage The remains of the only visible WW1 German U-Boat wreck in the UK Located in the Medway are the rusting remains of a WW1 German U-Boat, UB-122. The U-Boat was confiscated at the end of the Great War and was taken up the River Medway along with 25 other U-Boats to be scrapped on the Kent Coast in 1921.


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WW1 U-boat wreckage visible in River Medway. The wreckage of a German World War One U-boat remains marooned in a remote area of mudflats off the Kent coast where it has been lying for nearly 100.


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21 January 2016 Military History Artist's impression of what U-31 might have looked like The wreck of a World War One German U-boat has been found off the coast of Norfolk. Scans by windfarm.


UB122 The Medway's German UBoat Wreck Urban Ghosts

The River Medway, the hulk of German U-boat, believed to be UB122, which broke its tow while on its way to a scrapyard, lies preserved in tidal mudflats © Historic England 27196-027 Home Research Current Research Discover and Understand Military First World War Sea Submarine Wrecks U-8 (off South Varne buoy) UB-12 (off Ramsgate) UB-17 UB-30 UB-55


CITiZAN Coastal Map Photo UB122

BBC One Home Episodes Clips U-boat in the Medway Jeremy Paxman visits the wreck of a World War One German U-boat in the River Medway; part of a fleet designed to starve Britain into.


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Ships hit by U-boats HMS Medway (F 25) British Submarine tender If you can help us with any additional information on this vessel then please contact us. Return to Allied Ships hit by U-boats The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat.


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- YouTube 0:00 / 6:19 German U-Boats Still in British River! Mark Felton Productions 2.04M subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 23K 484K views 1 year ago In the River Medway in Southern.


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25 Share 2.9K views 6 years ago WW1 German submarine wreck (UB122), located in Medway estuary, Humble Bee Creek. This German U-boat was confiscated at the end of WW1 and towed to the.