This is the information page about the shipwreck Empress queen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.618 N,1 4.137 W (50.802333333333, -1.0303)

 

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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. Ala
2. Albatros
3. Algerian
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asborg
8. Ashanti (possibly)
9. Bettann (bow section)
10. Bettann (stern section)
11. Braat ii
12. Camberwell
13. Cambrian
14. Cambrian (part of)
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
17. Camswan
18. Capable
19. Cuba
20. Cuba
21. Daylesford
22. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
23. Donegal (possibly)
24. Duddon (probably)
25. Elford
26. Empress queen
27. Excelsior
28. Faith
29. Fallodon
30. Flag theofano
31. Fort yale
32. Fpt iv
33. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
34. G-cbpt
35. Gerarda
36. Germa geisha
37. Glen (possibly)
38. Grace dieu
39. Grip fast
40. Harry sharman
41. Hauler
42. Highland brigade
43. Hm lct 427 (after part)
44. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
45. Hms apley (possibly)
46. Hms boxer
47. Hms crestflower
48. Hms hazard
49. Hms hazardous
50. Hms insolent
51. Hms invincible
52. Hms listrac (probably)
53. Hms p12 (stern section).
54. Hms prince leopold
55. Hms undine
56. Hms velox
57. Hmsm a1
58. Hmsm swordfish
59. Irishman
60. Isleworth
61. Kurland
62. Lct 1068
63. Leon
64. Lowmount
65. Luciston
66. Luis
67. Mary rose
68. Mendi
69. Minerva (possibly)
70. Montecrana (possibly)
71. Moonraker (probably)
72. Neath (possibly)
73. Oriflamme
74. Orion
75. Pearl (probably)
76. Polandia (possibly)
77. Ps ryde
78. Redesmere
79. Roway
80. Rtc no.9
81. Simla
82. Sinah
83. Sines (possibly)
84. Spearfish
85. Stokes bay pier (remains)
86. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
87. Tweed
88. U 1195
89. U 90
90. Ub 21
91. Ub 81
92. Vadne
93. Vanessa (probably)
94. Venus
95. Volkerak
96. Wapello
97. Weston maid (possibly)
98. Withern

 

Name: EMPRESS QUEEN

Length 109.7 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1995 ton
Load: armament

Cause: vessel, built 1897, was wrecked on bembridge ledge whilst en-route le havre to southampton. owned at time of loss by isle of man steam packet co. (dods).

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1922, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H2816/22 12.5.22 H2816/22 12.5.22 WK OF LIBERTY STEAMER IN 504036N, 010405W. COVERS AT HALF TIDE & HAS SOME UGLY PROJECTIONS ALONG ITS HULL. (KHM PORTSMOUTH, 10.5.22). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].

- NM 747/22. H3287/24 12.5.24 H3287/24 12.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS ST. SQ. DATE. H4616/25 26.8.25 H4616/25 26.8.25 POSN VERIFIED AS 200DEGS, 2C FROM BEMBRIDGE DATUM POST. DRIES 3FT AT LWOS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 16.8.25). H4616/25 6.8.26 H4616/25 6.8.26 G CAN BUOY LAID CLOSE S OF WK. (M2681/26).

- NM 1375/26. H3347/40 9.11.40 H3347/40 9.11.40 DELETE BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ. DATE. H3359/59 6.7.60 H3359/59 6.7.60 MUCH BROKEN UP. HIGHEST POINT DRIES 6FT ABOVE CD. (SCES, 1959). H1262/64 22.4.64 H1262/64 22.4.64 COMPLETELY BROKEN UP & DISPERSED. (SCES, 1964). H1262/64 28.3.67 H1262/64 28.3.67 DELETED.

- NM 741/67. H4824/75 8.2.78 H4824/75 8.2.78 CONFIRMED NO LONGER EXISTS. (SCES). H1310/83/7 1.2.83 H1310/83/7 & H 1270/82 1.2.83 STEEL OBSTN SIGHTED 8.1.83, JUST AWASH OFF BEMBRIDGE LEDGE, IN 504036N, 010405W [OGB] USING HSA. HIGHLY DANGEROUS TO SMALL CRAFT. (COMMODORE J BRIGGS, 10.1.83) CHART AS ST, DRIES 0.5MTR. R/P. H4824/75 19.6.85 H4824/75 [H3370/85] 19.6.85 EXAM'D 16.6.85 USING LEAD LINE IN 504035N, 010403W USING HSA. LENGTH 110MTRS, ORIENTATED 130/310DEGS. AT THIS TIME IT DRIED 0.4MTR. [PREDICTED TIDE 1.3MTR]. EXTREMITY OF WK IS ABOUT 130DEGS(T), 100YDS [91MTRS] FROM CURRENT CHARTED POSN. (CAPTAIN J BRIGGS, HN 16.6.85). AMEND TO STP, D1.7MTRS, CENTRED ON 504035N, 010403W [OGB].

- NM 1713/85. H4025/88 9.1.89 H4025/88 9.1.89 U/WATER SURVEY CARRIED OUT 19-21.10.88. WKGE SCATTERED ALONG BEMBRIDGE LEDGE FOR A DISTANCE OF 120MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS OF 3.2-7.2MTRS [LOW WATER NEAPS]. FOUR PARTICULAR OBSTNS STAND OUT, THE HIGHEST OF WHICH IS JUST VISIBLE AT LW [?NEAPS] & IS USED BY LOCAL FISHERMEN TO PIN-POINT DANGER AREA. CONSIDERED THAT WKGE BEST LEFT AS IS - THE HAZARD BEING WELL-KNOWN & DOCUMENTED. (FO PORTSMOUTH, 24.10.88). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 40.618 N,1 4.137 W

 

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