This is the information page about the shipwreck Onesta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 24.202 N,0 36.068 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ONESTA
Length 94.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 2674 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Ex-mantinea. built in 1896 by russel & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by fratelli beraldo, italy. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 232hp, single shaft. machinery by j g kinkaid & co, greenock. passage the tyne for genoa. coago coal. torpedoed and sunk by uc-63. attempted to reach the humber but sank short.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 185 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200122
Details measurements/cartography: H6348/17 30.10.17 TWO DERRICKS SHOW ABOVE SURFACE IN 532500N, 003615E. - FNM 639/17. H3095/18 30.5.18 ONESTA SUNK NEAR INNER DOWSING. BEING DISPERSED. (TRINITY HO). INS WK. H3095/18 15.6.18 DISPERSAL OPS NEARING COMPLETION. (TRINITY HO). H4560/18 17.8.18 WK IN 532430N, 003630E. LEAST DEPTH 40FT. (TRINITY HO). H3849/18 26.8.18 WK NOT DANGEROUS. LEAST DEPTH 7.5 TO 8FMS. (VAEC). 18.7.75 AMEND TO WKS 11.2MTRS IN 532430N, 003630E. NCS 107, 1190. HH090/593/01 20.12.93 EXAM'D 22.6.93 IN 532410.8N, 003610.4E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.6, FOUL AT 11.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.7 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 13.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.8MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BREADTH 25MTRS. BROKEN WRECKAGE, LYING 004/184 DEG ON GRAVELLY SAND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593).
- NM 640/94. SEP 2020/000019313 28.1.20 WK EXAM'D IN 5324.2016N, 0036.0677E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.93MTRS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675_H102_004). AMEND DW 9.9MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2020/0000180469 3.8.20 EXAM'D IN 5324.201N, 0036.068E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.65 MTRS, LENGTH 93.5 MTRS, WIDTH 24.5 MTRS, HEIGHT 2.7 MTRS, ORIENTATION 185 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 22.6 MTRS, 21.4 MTRS, HEIGHT 0.6 MTRS, LYING 195/015 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675). AMEND DW 10.6 MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 1134/20. BROKEN WRECKAGE
Position: 53 24.202 N,0 36.068 E