This is the information page about the shipwreck Onward, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 31.76 N,3 45.722 W (59.749466666667, -4.03485)
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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: ONWARD
Length 20 meter, width: 6.9 meter, draught: 2.3, tonnage 171 ton
Cause: 21.3.03 ex-osprey ii. built in 1990 by macduff shipyards ltd. owned at time of loss by g chambers, buckie. oil engine of 399bhp, single shaft. took water and sank. crew recovered. (ll. 21.3.03).
Year of registration: 2003
Water depth above wreck: 145 meter
Known since: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: HH260/500/03 12.3.03 HH260/500/03 12.3.03 SANK IN 5931.79N, 0345.63W [OGB]. (MRSC SHETLAND, TLX DTD 9.3.03). INS AS WK USC 130MTRS.
- NM 1963/03.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 59 31.76 N,3 45.722 W