This is the information page about the shipwreck Onega, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.561 N,5 20.257 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Acadian
2. Alster (possibly)
3. Anna sophie
4. Aud
5. Austria (possibly)
6. Bard (possibly)
7. Besse (probably)
8. Bessemer city (probably)
9. Bolette (possibly)
10. Brava
11. Carasa (possibly)
12. Christos markettos
13. Cristina
14. Dageid
15. Denebola
16. Dundee (probably)
17. Dux (possibly)
18. Enrico parodi
19. Fanny lambert
20. Gemini
21. Genevieve (possibly)
22. Gleno
23. Hampshire
24. Hanover
25. Helene (probably)
26. Hemsley 1
27. Hmml 380
28. Hms warwick
29. Hmy viva 2
30. Hugin
31. Humbergate (probably)
32. Hunsgrove
33. John taylor
34. Juanita
35. Kai (possibly)
36. Kintuck
37. Kynance (probably)
38. Lake edon
39. Lake owens
40. Lia'g
41. Lombard (possibly)
42. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
43. Lyminge
44. Madeline
45. Madryn
46. Marcelle
47. Mefjord (possibly)
48. Mitera marigo
49. Nile
50. Norma (possibly)
51. Onega
52. Orfordness
53. Peer gynt (possibly)
54. Petersham
55. Ponus
56. Portugal
57. Prestige
58. Primo ?
59. Princess royal
60. Quarnero
61. Queen (possibly)
62. Risoy (probably)
63. Rossmore (possibly)
64. Runswick
65. Saphir
66. Saxon briton
67. Secil japan (bow section)
68. Secil japan (stern section)
69. Shanes castle
70. Shoreham (probably)
71. Siracusa
72. St chamond
73. St george
74. St george (possibly)
75. St joseph
76. Stabil (possibly)
77. Stanwood
78. Sten (possibly)
79. Tagona
80. Traute sarnow
81. Tyrhaug
82. U 1021 (possibly)
83. U 325 (possibly)
84. U 400 (possibly)
85. Ub 106 (possibly)
86. Ub 112 (possibly)
87. Ub 128 (possibly)
88. Ub 65
89. Ub 86 (possibly)
90. Ub 97 (possibly)
91. Union crystal (possibly)
92. Veghtstroom (possibly)
93. Vesuvius
94. Vine branch (possibly)
95. War baron (probably)
96. Warnow (possibly)
97. Zone (probably)

 

Name: ONEGA

Length 122.2 meter, width: 12.1 meter, draught: 6.5, tonnage 3636 ton
Load: timber

Cause: ex-sv luchenbach, ex-brooklyn, ex-mcpherson, ex-obdam, ex-british queen. built in 1880 by harland & wolff, belfast. owned at time of loss by barber & co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 391hp, single shaft. machinery by nedrl stoombt maats, rotterdam. passage bordeaux for swansea. cargo pit props. torpedoed and sunk.

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1997, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/12 1.4.97 HH100/351/12 1.4.97 ONEGA LOCATED IN 502632.5N, 052017.5W [WGD] USING GPS. GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. SEABED SAND & ROCK. BELL ENGRAVED 'OBDAM' (ONE OF VESSEL'S PREVIOUS NAMES). CARGO OF PIT PROPS. (G J POUND, 5.3.97). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/15 31.3.00 HH100/351/15 31.3.00 DIVED IN AUG 1999 IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 130MTRS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 47.8MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. SEABED SAND & ROCK. WELL BROKEN. BOILERS STAND AS THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WRECK WITH DEPTH 41MTRS AT LW SPRINGS. GUNS LIE ON BOTH THE STERN AND BOW OF THE WK. WK HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO HEAVY SALVAGE, THEREFORE THE REMAINS ARE MAINLY FERROUS MATERIALS. CARGO OF PIT PROPS LOCATED FWD OF THE BOILERS. (J ROSEVEARE). AMEND TO WK 40MTRS. BR STD. H090/799/01 4.8.01 H090/799/01 EXAM'D 4.8.01 IN 5026.561N, 0520.257W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.7 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.7MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP AND DIFFICULT TO DISCERN AGAINST A ROCKY SEABED. NO FEATURES CAN BE IDENTIFIED. (NP 1008, HI 799). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOILERS HIGHEST PART

Position: 50 26.561 N,5 20.257 W

 

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