This is the information page about the shipwreck Queen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 41.592 N,5 16.73 W (51.590433333333, -5.2717666666667)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
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: QUEEN
Length 45.7 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 4.5, tonnage 498 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods
Cause: built of wood in 1838 by george lunnel & co, hotwells, bristol. owned at time of loss by bristol general steam navigation co. one boiler, 2 cylinder lever engine, paddle propulsion. 2 masts, schooner rigged. passage bristol for dublin. stranded on skokholm island on fog. 1 passenger lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter
Known since: 1977, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H4919/77 21.12.77 H4919/77 21.12.77 WRECKAGE OF MAIN PART OF MAIN ENGINE LIES IN 514132N, 051640W. (E GILES, LTR DTD 11.12.77). STS. NCA. HH100/351/14 30.11.98 HH100/351/14 30.11.98 DIVED IN 514134N, 051640W [OGB]. BROKEN UP AT BASE OF CLIFF. CARGO PITPROPS. CONSIDERED TO BE 'ANGELICA'. (D LEWIS, NOTES DTD 4.98). NCA, BUT SEE 011802224/12029. [WGD] POSN: 5141.592N, 0516.730W. 6.12.11 6.12.11 LOCATED 15.3.11 BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. AT BASE OF CLIFFS. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1328). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP AT BASE OF CLIFF
Position: 51 41.592 N,5 16.73 W