This is the information page about the shipwreck Toward, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 7.69 N,1 24.566 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Amplegarth
7. Andaman
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Ashley
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Avoca
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Camisard
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Cedrington court
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. D'artagnan
25. Dartmore
26. De fontaine
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dixie
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Dolcoath (part)
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Emile deschamps
38. Emma
39. Emma (possibly)
40. Empire lough (probably)
41. Empress of fort william (probably)
42. En avant
43. Falcon (probably)
44. Fearless
45. Filleigh
46. Flachsee
47. Flandres
48. Francesco ciampa
49. Frons olivae (probably)
50. G 85 (possibly)
51. G-42 (possibly)
52. G-asad
53. Gad 23
54. Genimar
55. Gladys
56. Gloire a sainte therese
57. Grit (probably)
58. Grosser kurfurst
59. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
60. Halcyon
61. Harcalo
62. Henry moon
63. Heron
64. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
65. Hmhs anglia
66. Hms alert ?
67. Hms aragonite (part of)
68. Hms aries (possibly)
69. Hms artic trapper
70. Hms blackwater
71. Hms brazen
72. Hms carilon
73. Hms carlton
74. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
75. Hms city of dundee
76. Hms cleon
77. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
78. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
79. Hms fauvette
80. Hms glen boyne
81. Hms kingston galena
82. Hms lord grey
83. Hms lydian
84. Hms marcella
85. Hms napia
86. Hms niger (possibly)
87. Hms northumberland (probably)
88. Hms othello ii
89. Hms peridot
90. Hms restoration (possibly)
91. Hms rodino
92. Hms stirling castle (probably)
93. Hms torbay ii (probably)
94. Hms tourmaline
95. Hms tranquil
96. Hms war sepoy
97. Hms weigelia
98. Hmsm b2
99. Hundvaag
100. Ilaro
101. Ira (possibly)
102. Jacob luckenbach
103. James harrod
104. Josephine willis
105. Kabinda
106. Kadru
107. Karmt
108. Katharina kolkmann
109. Kielce
110. Kirsten skou
111. Koenigshaven
112. L'armandeche
113. La fleche
114. Lady stella
115. Latona
116. Le pelerin de la mer
117. Le tregor
118. Leicester
119. Leila najia
120. Leo
121. Lizzonia
122. Loanda
123. Lord hamilton (possibly)
124. Luray victory
125. Lusitania
126. Mahratta
127. Mahratta ii
128. Maloja 1
129. Malta (probably)
130. Merel (part of)(possibly)
131. Mersey
132. Monarch
133. Mrav
134. Munificent
135. Murillo
136. Nancy moran
137. Naranco
138. Negrier
139. Newcastle
140. Niki
141. Norman
142. North eastern victory
143. Notre dame des trois epis
144. Nunima
145. Opal
146. Ousel (probably)
147. Pallieter
148. Paros isle
149. Phoenix
150. Polgrange
151. Portslade (possibly)
152. Preussen
153. Pulborough
154. Quentovic
155. Rio parana
156. River levan
157. Rydal force
158. Rynanna
159. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
160. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
161. Sabac
162. Saint michael veillez sur nous
163. Saint ronan (possibly)
164. Saint ronan (possibly)
165. Sambut
166. Santagata
167. Santagata (?part of)
168. Sea serpent
169. Selma (possibly)
170. Shenandoah
171. Sir russell
172. Smarapaan
173. St cecilia
174. Strathclyde
175. Surrey
176. Teeswood
177. Texaco caribbean (after section)
178. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
179. The queen
180. Toward
181. Traquair (probably)
182. U 11 (possibly)
183. U 16 (possibly)
184. U 48
185. U 8
186. Ub 103 (possibly)
187. Ub 108 (possibly)
188. Ub 109
189. Ub 31 ?
190. Ub 38
191. Ub 55 (probably)
192. Ub 56 (possibly)
193. Ub 58 (possibly)
194. Ub 78
195. Ub-33 (probably)
196. Uc 26
197. Uc 46
198. Uc 46 (possibly)
199. Uc 63
200. Uc 77 (possibly)
201. Uc 78 or uc 79
202. Unity
203. W a scholten
204. Westerley star
205. Wheatman (possibly)
206. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: TOWARD

Length 76.2 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1218 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1899 by caledon shipbuilding & engineering co, dundee. owned at time of loss by clyde shipping co ltd, glasgow. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 292 nhp, single shaft. passage london for belfast. struck mine laid by uc-6 just fwd of the bridge. no lives lost. (ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 1.5 MILES SE OF S FORELAND. (LL WW1). H6051/15 H6051/15 WK IN 510735N, 012445E. NO LONGER DANGEROUS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H998/37 8.10.37 H998/37 8.10.37 EXAM'D IN 510738N, 012441E. SWEPT BY OROPESA, FOUL AT 63FT, CLEAR AT 54FT. DEDUCED DEPTH 58FT. LEAST DEPTH FOUND BY SOUNDING 66FT. (HMS KELLETT, 1936). INS AS WK 9FMS 4FT. BR STD. H5824/60 1.3.61 H5824/60 1.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 63FT. CONSIDERED TO BE ALMOST CERTAINLY 'EDSIVA' AND 'TOWARD', PREVIOUSLY CHARTED 2C W. (HMS SCOTT, 5.4.60). H998/37 13.11.61 H998/37 13.11.61 SWEPT CLEAR 66FT, FOUL 69FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63 IN GEN DEPTH 91-93FT. (HMS SCOTT, 9.5.61). AMEND TO SW 11FMS. BR STD. 4.3.69 4.3.69 AMEND TO SW 10FMS 4FT. [LAT]. NE 1828. 15.6.72 15.6.72 AMEND TO SW 20.1MTRS. NC 1828. H4453/72 20.4.79 H4453/72 20.4.79 EXAM'D 27.4.78 IN 510740N, 012439E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.1 IN GEN DEPTH 24-27MTRS. SCOUR 27.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.9MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 75FT, LYING N/S. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH090/606/01 1.2.94 HH090/606/01 1.2.94 LOCATED 8.10.93 IN 510740.3N, 012441.2E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 606). HH090/647/01 30.1.96 HH090/647/01 30.1.96 EXAM'D 9.10.95 IN 510739.5N, 012440.3E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 21.0, FOUL 21.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.5 IN GEN DEPTH 25.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 020/200DEGS. INTACT. (NP 1016, HI 647). AMEND TO SW 21.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.7.99 28.7.99 BOW BROKEN FROM MAIN WRECKAGE BY MINE ON STBD SIDE FWD OF BRIDGE. BOW 10MTRS CLEAR OF MAIN WRECKAGE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1999). NCA. 31.1.11 31.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5107.690N, 0124.566E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.34MTRS. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. UPRIGHT WITH LIST TO PORT. APPARENTLY BREAKING UP NEAR THE BOW. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). BOWS N. BOWS BROKEN. RETAIN SW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW BROKEN, LISTS TO PORT

Position: 51 7.69 N,1 24.566 E

 

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