Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Onward (possibly), die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 53 56.167 N,0 14.785 E (53.7402833, 0.2099667)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: ONWARD (POSSIBLY)
Länge61.7 meter, Breite: 8 meter, Tiefgang: 5.3, Tonnage 662 ton
Last: personnel,general and mixed goods
Ursache: 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)
Jahr der Registrierung: 1979
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 46 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 168 cm
Bekannt seit: 1979, zuletzt detektiert: 20160321
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: 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.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: Wreck well degraded.
Position: 53 56.167 N,0 14.785 E