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 (53.7402833, 0.2099667)

 

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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. Albatross
5. Angelo rose
6. Appolonia
7. Ardens (probably)
8. Avance (probably)
9. Ballogie
10. Bellerophon
11. Benmacdhui
12. Bonhomme richard
13. Brabant
14. Brema
15. British councillor
16. British prince
17. Briton (possibly)
18. Cadmus
19. Canada
20. Caroline
21. Carson
22. Chant 63
23. Chloris (possibly)
24. Coastal fort no-1
25. Cook s26
26. Corhampton
27. Corinth (possibly)
28. Cyclope
29. Dana (possibly)
30. Deptford
31. Diana
32. Diana
33. Dryade
34. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
35. Elfrida
36. Empress (probably)
37. Feltre
38. Forest queen
39. Francis
40. G.3
41. Georgios
42. Girl ita
43. Giuseppe
44. Grangemouth
45. Greltoria (probably)
46. Hannah louisa
47. Harnis (probably)
48. Helmsman (probably)
49. Hercules
50. Hms akranes
51. Hms benvolio
52. Hms botanic
53. Hms dirk
54. Hms fairy
55. Hms falcon (stern section)
56. Hms falmouth
57. Hms silicia
58. Hms thalia
59. Homer
60. Horsted
61. Hugh taylor
62. Hvitveis
63. Ida
64. Ionic (probably)
65. J b paddon
66. Jane (possibly)
67. Janet helen (possibly)
68. John rettig (probably)
69. Kalo (probably)
70. Kernoozer
71. Kieldrecht (possibly)
72. Kilrea (probably)
73. Kimberley (possibly)
74. Kingston cameo
75. Knuthenborg
76. Lady anstruther (probably)
77. Landport (possibly)
78. Laurel (possibly)
79. Leonora
80. Lifeguard (possibly)
81. Lyra (bow section)
82. Magdalyn ann
83. Maggie
84. Malvina (fwd part)
85. Manchester engineer (probably)
86. Manx queen
87. Marian francis
88. Marie l
89. Markersdall (probably)
90. Meeuw
91. Merchiston
92. Middlesborough
93. Modig
94. Modiva (possibly)
95. Mongolian
96. Nar
97. Nitedal
98. Norfolk coast
99. Onward (possibly)
100. Orsa
101. Otis tetrax
102. Our lorraine
103. Paraciers
104. Peebles (possibly)
105. Portia
106. Realf
107. Revello
108. Revi
109. River don (part of)(probably)
110. Saltoun
111. Seistan
112. Sergei
113. Sirajah
114. Sna iii
115. Sota eduardo
116. Stanburn
117. Storm drift
118. Tees
119. Thea
120. Togston (possibly)
121. Trongate
122. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
123. Uc 39
124. Uc 47
125. Uc 75
126. Umbe
127. Upminster (possibly)
128. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
129. Varangmalm (possibly)
130. Ville de valenciennes
131. Violet (probably)
132. Wayside flower (possibly)
133. 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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