This is the information page about the shipwreck Forest queen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 59.813 N,0 7.368 E (53.7402833, 0.2099667)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Agnes
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Angelo rose
5. Ardens (probably)
6. Avance (probably)
7. Ballogie
8. Bellerophon
9. Bonhomme richard
10. Brema
11. British councillor
12. British prince
13. Briton (possibly)
14. Bur
15. Cadmus
16. Canada
17. Caroline
18. Carson
19. Chant 63
20. Chloris (possibly)
21. Corinth (possibly)
22. Cyclope
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Diana
25. Diana
26. Dryade
27. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
28. Elfrida
29. Eli
30. Empress (probably)
31. Feltre
32. Forest queen
33. G.3
34. Gem (bow section)
35. Gem (stern section)
36. Georgios
37. Hannah louisa
38. Harnis (probably)
39. Helmsman (probably)
40. Hms banyers
41. Hms desire (possibly)
42. Hms dirk
43. Hms fairy
44. Hms falcon (stern section)
45. Hms garmo (probably)
46. Hms silicia
47. Hornsund (probably)
48. Horsted
49. Houghton
50. Hugh taylor
51. Ida
52. J b paddon
53. John rettig (probably)
54. Kalo (probably)
55. Kilrea (probably)
56. Kimberley (possibly)
57. Kingston cameo
58. Knuthenborg
59. Lady ann
60. Lady anstruther (probably)
61. Landport (possibly)
62. Leersum (probably)
63. Lifeguard (possibly)
64. Linaria (probably)
65. Lyra (bow section)
66. M c holm
67. Magdalyn ann
68. Maggie
69. Manchester engineer (probably)
70. Manx queen
71. Marian francis
72. Marie l
73. Markersdall (probably)
74. Meeuw
75. Modig
76. Modiva (possibly)
77. Nar
78. Nitedal
79. Norhilda
80. Onward (possibly)
81. Orsa
82. Otis tetrax
83. Our lorraine
84. Paraciers
85. Peebles (possibly)
86. Portia
87. Realf
88. Sapphire (probably)
89. Sixty-six
90. Sna iii
91. Sota eduardo
92. Stanburn
93. Storm drift
94. Tees
95. Togston (possibly)
96. Uc 39
97. Uc 47
98. Uc 75
99. Umbe
100. Upminster (possibly)
101. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
102. Vaaren
103. Vaaren (possibly)
104. Varangmalm (possibly)
105. Victo (stern section)
106. Ville de valenciennes
107. Violet (probably)
108. Wayside flower (possibly)
109. Whitemantle (possibly)

 

Name: FOREST QUEEN

Length 52.2 meter, width: 7.5 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 446 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Built of iron in 1863 by henderson & coulborn & co, renfrew. owned at time of loss by w rawson & j robinson of hull. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 90hp, single shaft. machinery by gilbert & cooper, hull. passage hull for stockton-on-tees. cargo rails and iron ore. sank following collision with ss loughbrow (733gt) in calm conditions. 14 men lost.

Year of registration: 1960

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1960, last detected: 20160310

Details measurements/cartography: H5916/59 9.6.60 TWO SEARCHES CONDUCTED FOR STAXTON WYKE (QV). ONLY SMALL PIECES OF WRECKAGE LOCATED IN 535452N, 001033E. (TH 22.10.59). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. H5084/77 20.3.8 WK LOCATED 14.11.79 IN 535947N, 000728E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. EXAM'D BY HMS BULLDOG USING HYDROSEARCH. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.9 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.1MTRS, LENGTH 51MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. HEIGHT IN VERTICAL MODE 4MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). AMEND TO WK 30.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/17 25.7.01 HAS BEEN LOCATED AND DIVED IN 5359.80N, 0007.35E [WGD]. COLLAPSED AND BROKEN. STANDS 1.5MTRS HIGH. BOILER ON THE PORT SIDE. BELL AND TELEGRAPH LOCATED. LOTS OF FURNACE BRICKS SCATTERED ABROUND THE SITE. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 20.7.01). NCA. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 SMALL AFT ENGINE. ON EVEN KEEL WITH BOWS N. SEABED SAND. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. HH100/351/18 30.4.02 ENGINE AFT. WELL BROKEN UP FWD. HIGHEST POINT FWD OF THE ENGINE. NETTED. (S OLD). NCA. 14.7.03 MAKER'S PLATE MARKED LONDON, KNOWN LOCALLY AS "STAND" WRECK. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW. (STEVE OLD/G FURSE TELECON 14.7.03) SEP 2016/000053291 5.10.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5359.813N, 0007.368 [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.27MTRS, GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 48.1MTRS, WIDTH 13.1MTRS, HT 4.90MTRS, ORIENTATION 005/185 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK PARTIALLY INTACT. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_8988). AMEND NDW 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck partially intact.

Position: 53 59.813 N,0 7.368 E

 

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