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 (50.676967, -1.068950)

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.

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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