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 (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Acklamd (possibly)
5. Action
6. Adgillus
7. Afton
8. Agnes
9. Airdrie (possibly)
10. Albatross
11. Alliance
12. Amber rose
13. Amicus
14. Amsteldam
15. Amstelland
16. Anastasia
17. Angelo rose
18. Ardbeg (probably)
19. Ardens (probably)
20. Argo (possibly)
21. Ariel (possibly)
22. Audentia
23. Aurora
24. Avance (probably)
25. Ave maria
26. Ballina
27. Ballogie
28. Barrister (possibly)
29. Bassa
30. Be ready (probably)
31. Bella
32. Bellerophon
33. Ben cruachan
34. Ben rein (ex-starling)
35. Bessie
36. Beursplein
37. Blanche (possibly)
38. Bonhomme richard
39. Brema
40. Briar
41. British councillor
42. British prince
43. Briton (possibly)
44. Bur
45. C s parnell
46. Cadmus
47. Calista (probably)
48. Canada
49. Cardea
50. Carley marie
51. Carmelite (possibly)
52. Caroline
53. Carson
54. Casanare
55. Chant 63
56. Chloe (possibly)
57. Chloris (possibly)
58. Citrine
59. Clan macmaster
60. Clan menzies
61. Clwyd (probably)
62. Coalman
63. Conargo
64. Conisbro castle
65. Connemara
66. Conovium (probably)
67. Corinth (possibly)
68. Corrientes
69. Creteboom
70. Crois bhride
71. Crown
72. Crusader (possibly)
73. Cyclope
74. Dalewood (probably)
75. Dana (possibly)
76. Darro
77. Dawn waters
78. Diana
79. Diana
80. Don boscoe
81. Donegal
82. Doris b
83. Downshire (possibly)
84. Downshire (probably)
85. Dryade
86. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
87. Dunavil forth (possibly)
88. Dundalk
89. Eilean glas
90. Eileen
91. Eleanor
92. Elfrida
93. Eli
94. Ellen sheant
95. Embassage
96. Emerald dawn
97. Empire airman
98. Empire of peace
99. Empire wind
100. Empress (probably)
101. Empress eugenie
102. Express (possibly)
103. Feltre
104. Fenella ann
105. Florence
106. Flowerette
107. Flying meteor
108. Forest queen
109. Fulmar
110. G-azjy
111. G.3
112. Gem (bow section)
113. Gem (stern section)
114. George & mary
115. Georgina hutton
116. Georgios
117. Ginette michel
118. Ginger
119. Girl may
120. Girl sylvia
121. Glencona
122. Glendun
123. Glenford
124. Glenmaroon (possibly)
125. Globe trotter
126. Green hill (part of)(probably)
127. Grinder
128. Guiding star
129. Hannah louisa
130. Harnis (probably)
131. Hebe
132. Heemskerk
133. Helmsman (probably)
134. Herbie
135. Hibernian
136. Hms banyers
137. Hms desire (possibly)
138. Hms dirk
139. Hms fairy
140. Hms falcon (stern section)
141. Hms garmo (probably)
142. Hms racehorse
143. Hms silicia
144. Hornsund (probably)
145. Horsted
146. Houghton
147. Hugh taylor
148. Ida
149. Irene chalmers
150. J b paddon
151. Jane brown
152. Jeanette
153. John rettig (probably)
154. Kalo (probably)
155. Keret
156. Kilbroney (probably)
157. Kilrea (probably)
158. Kimberley (possibly)
159. Kingston cameo
160. Knuthenborg
161. L'amite
162. Labora (possibly)
163. Lady ann
164. Lady anstruther (probably)
165. Lady louisa
166. Lagun
167. Landport (possibly)
168. Largo (possibly)
169. Leeds (probably)
170. Leersum (probably)
171. Lifeguard (possibly)
172. Lily
173. Limesfield
174. Linaria (probably)
175. Linda blanche
176. Liverpool
177. Lough fisher
178. Lucy
179. Lunevale
180. Lurigethan
181. Lyra
182. Lyra (bow section)
183. M c holm
184. Madge wildfire
185. Magdalyn ann
186. Maggie
187. Maja
188. Malaguena
189. Manchester engineer (probably)
190. Manx queen
191. Marguerite
192. Marian francis
193. Marianne toft (possibly)
194. Marie l
195. Markersdall (probably)
196. Mary heeley
197. Mayfield
198. Meeuw
199. Megawatt
200. Melfort
201. Merisia
202. Mfv polaris
203. Mhari l
204. Modig
205. Modiva (possibly)
206. Montreal
207. Moonlight
208. Moonlight (possibly)
209. Murielle
210. Nadejda (possibly)
211. Nalon
212. Nar
213. Nichola ann
214. Nitedal
215. No.163
216. Noel du marin
217. Nora
218. Norhilda
219. Ocean harvest ii
220. Octavia
221. Old haws pt lt or west pile
222. Onward (possibly)
223. Oona hall
224. Opal (possibly)
225. Orsa
226. Otis tetrax
227. Our brighter dawn
228. Our golden promise
229. Our lassie
230. Our lorraine
231. Our queen
232. Paraciers
233. Peebles (possibly)
234. Peru (probably)
235. Peshawur
236. Peveril
237. Portia
238. Potomac
239. Pt1 or pt2
240. Queen of the isles (probably)
241. Realf
242. Rebecca
243. Residu
244. Retriever
245. Ringwall
246. Robert dee
247. Rudyard kipling
248. Saint barchan
249. Saint mirren (possibly)
250. Saltaro (fwd part)
251. Saltaro (fwd part)
252. Saltaro (fwd part)
253. Samaria
254. Sapphire (probably)
255. Sarpfos
256. Scathros
257. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
258. Scorpio
259. Sea dog
260. Seamew (possibly)
261. Silver crest
262. Silver dee
263. Silver quest 2
264. Silverpine
265. Sixty-six
266. Skerries
267. Skomer
268. Sna iii
269. Sota eduardo
270. Sote (aft part)
271. Speedwell
272. St elwyn
273. Stamila
274. Stanburn
275. Storm drift
276. Sulairia
277. Sunbeam
278. Sunrise (possibly)
279. Sy sol
280. Tees
281. Temple mead
282. Thornfield
283. Thracian
284. Tide (probably)
285. Tijl uilenspiegel
286. Tilley anne
287. Tinker
288. Togston (possibly)
289. Topaz
290. Trelyon
291. Tullaghmurray lass
292. Tumi joy 2
293. Tuskar
294. Tuskar
295. U 1024 (possibly)
296. U 1024 (probably)
297. Ubier (probably)
298. Uc 39
299. Uc 47
300. Uc 75
301. Umbe
302. Upminster (possibly)
303. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
304. Vaaren
305. Vaaren (possibly)
306. Vanadis (possibly)
307. Varangmalm (possibly)
308. Vedra
309. Victo (stern section)
310. Viking
311. Ville de valenciennes
312. Violet (probably)
313. Waltham (probably)
314. Wayside flower (possibly)
315. Westburn (possibly)
316. Whitemantle (possibly)
317. Wild wave
318. William hanbury

 

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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