This is the information page about the shipwreck Onto, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 50.756 N,2 8.138 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Atle
3. Avonwood
4. Begona no 5
5. Blacktoft (possibly)
6. Boy karl
7. Chevington
8. City of kobe
9. Continental coaster (probably)
10. Corbrook
11. Cormead
12. Crichtoun
13. Cross sand ltv
14. Dashwood
15. El dorado
16. English trader
17. Excellenz mehnert
18. Galatea (possibly)
19. George fisher
20. Girl linda
21. Glen tilt (possibly)
22. Glynn
23. Goodwood (possibly)
24. Hamsterley
25. Hector gannet
26. Helena
27. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
28. Hms glen prosen
29. Hms tranio
30. Hms true accord (probably)
31. Hmsm d5
32. Horseferry (probably)
33. Hullman
34. Ionian (probably)
35. Kentwood (probably)
36. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
37. Knitsley (possibly)
38. La perouse (possibly)
39. Langeli (possibly)
40. Leopold ii
41. Liliane (possibly)
42. Lindisfarne (probably)
43. Merchant
44. Montferland
45. Navarra (possibly)
46. Nereus
47. Newland (possibly)
48. Nimrod
49. Nordborg (possibly)
50. Noreen
51. Oil trader
52. Onto
53. Otis tarda
54. Philipp m
55. Pluton
56. Prosper
57. Quest
58. Robrix
59. Roine
60. Rokos vergottis
61. Roy
62. Rye
63. Stanmount
64. Strive
65. Togston
66. Tregantle (possibly)
67. Trevethoe
68. Vanguard
69. Vanilla (probably)
70. Vigia
71. Virgilia
72. Waldinge
73. War mehtar
74. Waterloo
75. Willowpool
76. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: ONTO

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20181230

Details measurements/cartography: H0179/40 12.2.40 PFNM 383/40 ISSUED. (HMS AUKLAND). H0259/40 14.5.40 INS AS DWPA.

- NM 1187/40. H0179/40 12.9.42 SWEPT CLEAR AT 44FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82FT IN GEN DEPTH 127FT. POSN 525040N, 020815E. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 28.7.42). AMEND TO NDW.

- NM 1972/42. H3730/69 29.5.69 EXAM'D IN 525048N, 020812E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 102FT IN GEN DEPTH 125FT. SCOUR 130FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 111/69). AMEND TO WK 17FMS. BR STD. 20.11.72 SHOWN IN 525046N, 020812E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954, 7.11.72. 26.3.73 AMEND TO WK 31MTRS. NC 106. HH090/616/01 21.11.94 EXAM'D 18.6.94 IN 525043.52N, 020815.29E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 30.6, FOUL 30.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.0 IN GEN DEPTH 39.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 42MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.0MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. APPEARS WHOLE AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 30MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000100123 22.5.20 EXAM'D 30.12.18; IN 5250.756N, 0208.138E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS, LENGTH 84.9MTRS, WIDTH 12.7MTRS, HEIGHT 11.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 140/320 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 300MTRS, WIDTH 48MTRS, 4MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 344 DEGS. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). WRECK UPRIGHTF BUT BROKEN INTO TOW SECTIONS. AFT SECTION IS THE SMALLER OF THE TWO AND IS LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. FORWARD SECTION HAS A SLIGHT LIST TO STARBOARD. AMEND DW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT

Position: 52 50.756 N,2 8.138 E

 

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