This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms brighton queen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 6.472 N,2 11.057 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HMS BRIGHTON QUEEN
Length 74.7 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 807 ton
Cause: Built in 1897 by clydebank engineering & sb co. owned at time of loss by p & a campbell. compound engines of 273nhp for 18.3kts. requisitioned for use as auxiliary minesweeper. sank following an attack by german aircraft during operation 'dynamo'. (ww2sl, r verpoorte & dods).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H7210/53 30.10.68 WK, DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 510633N, 021111E. (OSTENDE NM 21/134/68). INS AS DW.
- NM 1892/68. H7210/53 25.11.68 NOW WK 3.5MTRS. (OSTENDE NM 23/143/68).
- NM 2035/68. 29.9.77 SHOWN AS WK 3.8MTRS ON FR 6651 [1977 EDN]. NCA. H2981/78 15.10.86 NOW WK 2.2MTRS IN 510631N, 021101E [EUR]. (BREST NM 86 34 19).
- NM 3421/86. 10.11.88 SHOWN AS WK 2.4MTRS IN 510631.5N, 021109E ON FR 7057 [1987 EDN]. NOT LISTED IN 1987 FR WK RECORDS. BR STD. 5.6.90 WK OF 'BRIGHTON QUEEEN' HAS BEEN DIVED ON IN 510629N, 021111E. (CDT EGGERMONT, TELECON 5.6.90). 17.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 2.7MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY'96]. NC 1873. 26.5.11 SHOWN AS WK 2.4MTRS [LAT] IN 5106.472N, 0211.057E [WGD] ON FR401030. [EDN 1.44].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 6.472 N,2 11.057 E