This is the information page about the shipwreck Onward (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 56.167 N,0 14.785 E (53.740283, 0.209967)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Agnes
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Beaconsfield
5. Bellerophon
6. Benmacdhui
7. Biesbosch
8. Boys own
9. Brema
10. British councillor
11. British prince
12. Briton (possibly)
13. Cadmus
14. Cambrai
15. Canada
16. Caroline
17. Chant 63
18. Charing cross (possibly)
19. Chicago
20. Chloris (possibly)
21. Commonwealth
22. Corhampton
23. Corinth (possibly)
24. Cyclope
25. Dana (possibly)
26. Diana
27. Diana
28. Dryade
29. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
30. Elfrida
31. Empress (probably)
32. Feltre
33. Forest queen
34. Francis
35. Frithof eide
36. Georgios
37. Giuseppe
38. Goodwood
39. Graafjeld
40. Grangemouth
41. Hannah louisa
42. Harnis (probably)
43. Helmsman (probably)
44. Hms benvolio
45. Hms botanic
46. Hms dirk
47. Hms fairy
48. Hms falcon (stern section)
49. Homer
50. Horsted
51. Hugh taylor
52. Ida
53. Ionic (probably)
54. J b paddon
55. Jane (possibly)
56. Janet helen (possibly)
57. John rettig (probably)
58. Kalo (probably)
59. Kieldrecht (possibly)
60. Kilrea
61. Kilrea (probably)
62. Kimberley (possibly)
63. Kingston cameo
64. Knuthenborg
65. Laconia (possibly)
66. Lady anstruther (probably)
67. Lady josyan
68. Landport (possibly)
69. Laurel (possibly)
70. Leonora
71. Lifeguard (possibly)
72. Longbenton (probably)
73. Lyra (bow section)
74. Magdalyn ann
75. Maggie
76. Manchester engineer (probably)
77. Marian francis
78. Markersdall (probably)
79. Merchiston
80. Modig
81. Modiva (possibly)
82. Nitedal
83. Norfolk coast
84. Onward (possibly)
85. Orsa
86. Otis tetrax
87. Our lorraine
88. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
89. Paraciers
90. Peebles (possibly)
91. Portia
92. Realf
93. Revello
94. Revi
95. River don (part of)(probably)
96. Riviere
97. Saltoun
98. Sna iii
99. Sota eduardo
100. Stanburn
101. Storm drift
102. Tees
103. Togston (possibly)
104. Tredegar hall
105. Uc 39
106. Uc 47
107. Uc 75
108. Umbe
109. Upminster (possibly)
110. Varangmalm (possibly)
111. Ville de valenciennes
112. War crocus (possibly)
113. Wayside flower (possibly)
114. Whitemantle (possibly)

 

Name: ONWARD (POSSIBLY)

Length 61.7 meter, width: 8 meter, draught: 5.3, tonnage 662 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods

Cause: built 1861 by richardson duck, thornerby, with steam compound engine of 100hp, single shaft. owned at time of loss by craig. passage middlesbrough to london. sank stern first in heavy seas 14m e of flamborough hd, when cargo shifted. crew and passengers rescued. (c racey)

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 168 cm

Known since: 1979, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: H5084/77 18.3.80 EXAM'D 20.11.79 IN 535609N, 001455E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.4 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS. LYING 170/350DEG ON SMOOTH GRAVEL. LEAST DEPTH AT N END OF WK. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). INS AS WK 40MTRS. BR STD. 6.5.04 EUT POSN: 5356.166N, 0014.811E. NE 121. 8.6.09 DIVED 31.5.09, KNOWN LOCALLY AS "GRILL", AND FOUND TO BE AN OLD WK WITH AN OLD AFT COMPOUND ENGINE & SQUARE BOILER/S, THEREFORE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN BUILT AROUND 1865, AND NOT LIKELY TO BE DANA WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1883. STERN SECTION FAIRLY INTACT, STANDING WELL UP WITH LIST TO PORT & CONTAINS THE MACHINERY. SWEEPING COUNTERSTERN WITH 4 BLADED PROPELLER. ENGINE LOOKS LIKE AN EARLY COMPOUND TYPE WITH CYLINDERS OF A SIMILAR SIZE, AND HAS A BIG IRON WHEEL ATTACHED TO THE STARBOARD SIDE. THE BOILER/S, POSSIBLY TWO, IS OF SQUARE HAYSTACK TYPE. THE CASING HAS ROTTED AWAY IN MANY PLACES SHOWING A GAP DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOILER/S, THERE ARE ALSO GAPS IN THE TUBING AT EITHER SIDE. JUST FORWARD OF THE BOILER/S, ON THE PORT SIDE, IS A BRASS GRILL, 3 X 1FT, THOUGHT TO BE A SCUPPER. A WASH BASIN LIES ON THE SEABED.THE SIDES OF THE HOLDS HAVE FALLEN OUTWARDS AND ARE LEVEL WITH THE SEABED. NO EVIDENCE OF CARGO. BOW IS MORE INTACT, BUT HAS FALLEN BACKWARDS AND OVER TO STARBOARD. AT LEAST 3 ANCHORS WERE SEEN, AND THE REMAINS OF A WINDLASS WITH A WOODEN HUB WITH SQUARE PEG HOLES AROUND IT. SKETCH BY ANDY DOWSLAND. (C RACEY, E-MAIL 8.6.09) NCA. 15.6.09 THIS WRECK NOW BELEIVED TO POSSIBLY BE SS ONWARD, BUILT 1861, WHICH FOUNDERED OFF FLAMBOROUGH HD IN 1862. (C RACEY, E-MAIL 12.6.09) AMENDED FROM DANA (POSSIBLY) TO ONWARD (POSSIBLY). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 12.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5356.167N, 0014.785E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 39.47MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS, LENGTH 75.5MTRS, WIDTH 25.3MTRS, HEIGHT 7.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 168/348 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 7MTRS, TOWARD 81 DEGS. WRECK IS DISINTEGRATED WITH JUST AFT SECTION INTACT AND PROUD OF SEABED. BOILERS ARE STILL VISIBLE, SHOALEST POINT AT THE STERN, WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck well degraded.

Position: 53 56.167 N,0 14.785 E

 

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