Wreck: Mona's queen (Ferry)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Mona's queen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.053 N,2 23.296 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: MONA'S QUEEN

Length 102.4 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2756 ton

Cause: struck a mine and sank while assisting in the evacuation of the bef from the dunkirk beaches. (dod & ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H7304/53 5.3.58 WK 0.5MTRS LIES 075DEGS, 1.42M FROM JETEE EST LT. (PARIS NM 57 42 15). - FNM 167/57 & NM 3106/57. H7304/53 5.3.65 LEAST DEPTH NOW 0.8MTRS. (PARIS NM 65 03 24).

- NM 317/65. H3216/72 19.6.80 LEAST DEPTH NOW 3MTRS. (BREST NM 80 17 36).

- NM 1213/80. 4.3.82 SHOWN AS WK 3MTRS IN 510406N, 022322E ON FRENCH 6500 [CORRECT TO WK 30/81]. NE 1350. 16.8.85 WK OF MERCHANT VESSEL FLORIDE EXAM'D IN 510406N, 022323E. LEAST DEPTH 3.1 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, LYING NNE/SSW. BROKEN AND IN MANY PIECES. (ANNALES HYDROGRAPHIQUES, 1983). H1310/88/18 19.7.88 THIS DEFINITELY WK OF SS MONA'S QUEEN. A FRENCH DIVER HAS FOUND ALL THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE. (J COULON, 15.3.88). HH100/351/01 2.8.89 POSN FOR MONA'S QUEEN GIVEN AS 510405N, 022308E. (R VERPOORTE, 9.5.89). 16.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 3.3MTRS [MLLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY '96 EDN]. NC 1873. HH351/410/04 1.11.00 NOW WK 2.6MTRS IN 5104.10N, 0223.36E [EUR]. (AVURNAV LOCAL CHERBOURG 1420/00). BR STD. HH351/410/05 21.12.00 AMENDED BY NM. (FRENCH NM 00 45 06).

- NM 4990/00. 17.5.07 SHOWN AS WK 2.6MTRS IN 5104.050N, 0223.297E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057 [INT 1482] [3RD EDN 2006]. NE 1350. SEP 2016/000076595 20.9.16 SHOWN AS WK 3.5MTRS IN 5104.053N, 0223.296E [WGD] ON FR474240 & FRENCH 7424. [ED 3, 2016]. AMEND TO DW 3.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000218292 3.10.16 SHOWN AS DW 2.6MTRS IN 5104.053N, 0223.296E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057. [ED 4, COR TO 23.8.16]. AMEND TO DW 2.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 4.053 N,2 23.296 E

 

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