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Type : WW I U-boat
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Wreck Information : The armament on this WW I U-boat included an 88mm gun, two forward-facing and one aft-facing torpedo tubes. The aft-facing (stern) torpedo tube was within the pressure hull (well, one end of it anyways) and could be reloaded underwater. The inner hull is largely intact the outer pressure hull is corroded away in many places.
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Parking directions:
Distance to harbour: 3 Miles
Lat / Long: 54.31.598N 000.40.131W 3 miles north-west of the harbour entrance at Whitby and 0.6 miles off shore from Lythe church. Her bows are to the south-east and stern to the north-west.
Chart:
Depth: 27m (shallow for a sub dive)
Tides: Slack water is 2 hours after high and low water at Whitby. Visibility is usually better on the high-water slack.
Diveboat: Wightwreck Scimatar
Diveshop: Yorkshire Diving Services 2D larpool Industrial Estate, Whitby. 01947 603380
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Experience: Experianced sportdiver
Other comments: UC-70 was a small U-boat, just 417 tons and 49m long. The armament included an 88mm gun, two forward-facing and one aft-facing torpedo tubes. These were outside the pressure hull and could not be reloaded underwater. She had 18 mines loaded in six tubes in the forward part of the hull More info Visibility can be poor on the low slack More Info close to the the UC70 is th wreck of the Giralda, which was her last ‘victim’.
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Created by: Finstrokes
Date: 1/1/08
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