UB122 WW1 submarine - Added to Everything Else in the South East region on the map at DroneScene.co.uk

I have just added this to the UK Map of places to fly your Drone at https://dronescene.co.uk

Easiest to reach from the trading estate near kingsnorth power station, try and park somewhere close to amazon warehouse. Caution when flying, keep an eye out for microlight aircraft from nearby very small airfield

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Have got to try this, Did you have any trouble range wise, as it looks a fair way out. I have a Mavic pro so hopefully within range. Mark

I’ve made it from the grain road with the Mavic Pro once, but it’s quite a trek. If you get close to these co-ordinates 51°25’52.8"N 0°36’57.6"E it’s not far, a bit of a walk from the nearest vehicle access though. Starting from here will give you plenty of time at the submarine site. It can take a few minutes to locate the sub, so it’s worth taking a tablet with the location marked on google maps to use as a reference.
Hope this helps :sunglasses:

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Next question, when is the best time of day? Being a landlubber I have no idea of tides. Thanks for the advise , much appreciated. As soon as the weather improves we will be heading down there.

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This site gives you the tides at anytime of the year.
https://www.tidetimes.org.uk/chatham-lock-approaches-tide-times

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Wow, I’m certainly going to give this one a go this weekend. There’s also some really cool looking forts in the area that I might try out with my 2nd battery…

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The Grain fort is quite cool, you can’t really go wrong with any of the Medway riverside, loads of great photo & video opportunities. The sub can be a little tricky to find, make sure you’ve got at least two batteries ‘cos it can easily use one just locating it :+1:t2:

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I’ve flown here too :grin:

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So a little update on those who may want to fly out to the remains of this submarine…

The original pilot who listed this location on Drone Scene mentioned the follow :

“ Easiest to reach from the trading estate near kingsnorth power station, try and park somewhere close to Amazon warehouse.”

Things have changed since the above was posted in 2019. You cannot park anywhere near the Amazon warehouse now. In fact parking is literally impossible inside this huge private industrial estate for the likes of Joe Public on a walk or even fly.

I discovered a much closer TOAL to the submarine which is a mile or so up the road and also involves a 10 minute walk. Park up in the small village of Upper Stoke and the map below shows the direction to the TOAL location. The what3words location is : ///cycled.wrist.erupt

I’ve also added the updated TOAL marker to the original entry.

The orange marker is the location of the submarine.

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Brilliant. Many thanks for the update. I hope to get there in a couple of weeks time / Ian

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I took another flight out on saturday.. :smiley:

Apart from the odd Stuka dive bombing Oystercatcher, had no issues at all…

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Many thanks for this. It was very helpful. I flew there a couple of weeks ago but sadly I was searching too much to the left (as you fly out). I was primarily concerned whether my Mini 3 Pro would have the range but there was no issues on that score. Next time!

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