This is the information page about the shipwreck Jersey queen (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 6.123 N,4 58.436 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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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: JERSEY QUEEN (POSSIBLY)
Length 60 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 910 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1937 by burntisland sb co ltd, burntisland. owned at time of loss by british channel isles shipping co. passage blyth for plymouth. mined. 2 lives lost. (ll ww2, sibi).
Year of registration: 1985
Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1985, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: 5.7.85 WK LOCATED IN 500615N, 045823W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 5FMS ABOVE SEABED. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). INS AS WK 50MTRS. BR STD. 9.12.85 WK IDENTIFIED AS THE JERSEY QUEEN. BELL RECOVERED. (G J POUND, TELECON 4.12.85). BUT SEE [17895] IN 500623N, 044918W. H4239/73 25.11.87 WK LOCATED 15.11.87 IN 500602N, 045821.5W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.1MTRS. (THV STELLA, WK REPORT 15.11.87). AMEND TO WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/802/01 3.2.99 EXAM'D 30.11.98 IN 5006.123N, 0458.436W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.6 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. INTACT. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 802). RETAIN WK 47MTRS IN 5006.087N, 0458.373W [OGB]. BR STD. 14.4.00 DIVED IN 5006.077N, 0458.363W [WGD] USING DGPS. WK DEPTH 52MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 14.4.00). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 50 6.123 N,4 58.436 W