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 (50.442683, -5.337617)

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.

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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