An item reported that the German submarine stranded on a bank of the Ribbersplaat/Hinderribben at low tide completely about of the water was. When in the afternoon of the 13th became known at Hellvoetsluis that a submarine was stranded were immediately some warships sent which tried without success to refloat her. The disaster was caused by worse sight in the fog. The newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated the 15th called her the UB6 and that she was stranded on the edges in the Goereesche Gat. Salvage efforts during high tides failed and now were negotiations going on with the Nieuwe Bergingsmaatschappij at Maassluis. Another Dutch newspaper Tilburgsche Courant dated the 16th reported that the Dutch cabinet ordered the Nieuwe Bergingsmaatschappij at Maassluis to salvage the German submarine stranded on the Hinder and bring her to the naval yard at Hellevoetsluis. The Middelburgsche Courant dated the 17th reported that she was the same morning refloated and brought into Hellevoetsluis. The Vlissingse Courant reported two days later that the Dutch cabinet decided to disarm en intern her while she did not enter Dutch territorial waters because of damage and worse weather conditions. The edition dated the 20th reported that she was towed by the steamship Waterweg towards Hellevoetsluis escorted by a large torpedo boat. On the command bridge were a Dutch and a German navy officers and further more some German crew members on board seen. The submarine was immediately brought to the navy yard. Eleven crewmembers were under military surveillance transported to Bergen, six men included an officer stayed for the time being at Hellevoetsluis. She was stranded in the night of 11-12 March.
