This is the information page about the shipwreck Queen of the channel (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 18.484 N,2 43.32 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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. A 10 (possibly)
2. A-15 (possibly)
3. Aloha
4. Anton hammerbacher
5. Apache
6. Ardmount
7. Auretta
8. Bourrasque
9. Bowsprite (bow section)
10. Bowsprite (bow section)
11. Bramden (possibly)
12. Clan macalister
13. Clan macneil (possibly)
14. Cmb 1
15. Cmb 71a
16. Croxteth hall
17. Dageraad
18. Dawdon
19. De wandilaar
20. Dortmund
21. Douaisien (possibly)
22. Emeraude
23. Empire path
24. Etendard
25. Fl5
26. G 96
27. Gold shell
28. Heinkel 111
29. Hm motor launch 561
30. Hms basilisk
31. Hms brilliant
32. Hms colsay
33. Hms gracie fields
34. Hms grafton
35. Hms grafton
36. Hms hayburn wyke
37. Hms keith
38. Hms plumpton (probably)
39. Hms polly johnson
40. Hms sirius
41. Hms skipjack
42. Hms st abbs
43. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
44. Hms wakeful
45. Hms waverley
46. Hms whitley
47. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
48. Horst
49. John mahn
50. Kap arkona
51. Kestrel
52. Keulse vaart iv
53. Kilmore
54. Laura
55. Lct(r) 457
56. Lorina
57. Lorina (possibly)
58. Lst 420 (bow section)
59. Lst 420 (stern section)
60. Lucy jenny ii
61. M 3610
62. Marie
63. Mariner (possibly)
64. Maurice
65. Mont louis
66. Msc alyssa
67. Nashaba
68. Nautica ena
69. Neutron
70. P 319
71. Putten
72. Queen of the channel (possibly)
73. Quo vadis
74. Ra.2 (possibly)
75. Rijnstroom
76. Rita
77. Robert l vann
78. Robert-clara
79. S 168
80. S 220
81. S.192 (possibly)
82. Sabrina
83. Saint therese de jesus
84. Sampa
85. Sea hunter
86. Senator holthusen
87. Senator sthamer
88. Sigurds faulbaums
89. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
90. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
91. Sterre der zee
92. Torpilleur branlebas
93. Tringa
94. U 11
95. Ub 13
96. Ub29
97. Uc 1
98. Vlaanderen (probably)
99. West-hinder
100. Wielingen ii (possibly)
101. Wielingen ltv
102. Wolf
103. Zeester

 

Name: QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL (POSSIBLY)

Length 76.2 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 1162 ton

Cause: built in 1935 by w deny & bros. owned at time of loss by general steam navigation co. oil engines of 500rhp for 21.5 knots. taken over by the admiralty as an auxillary transport. damaged by bombs dropped by german aircraft while waiting to enter dunkirk at time of evacuation of british army. was taken in tow but eventually sank. (dods). all 920 men rescued by dorien rose. (r verpoorte).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H0512/40 3.6.40 SANK 1 MILE N OF MIDDLEKERKE BANK BUOY. (VA DOVER, 28.5.40). INS AS DWPA 511630N, 024324E. - PFNM 1401/40. 26.7.40 INS DWPA IN 511630N, 024324E ON 1872, 1406.

- NM 1851/40. 30.6.71 NOT SHOWN ON BELGIAN CHART 1. H802/61 13.9.71 AREA AROUND POSN 511630N, 024030E SWEPT BY SONAR. NOT FOUND. (OSTENDE, LTR DTD 3.9.71). DELETE. BR STD. 23.4.74 NOT SHOWN. (NETH 1035). NCA. H1310/88/16 24.3.88 HISTORY OF VESSEL. (R VERPOORTE, 9.2.88). HH342/350/01 7.9.90 SW 16MTRS IN 511832N, 024324E [EUR]. (OSTENDE NM 109/90).

- NM 2696/90. SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 15.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5118.484N, 0243.320E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 18.484 N,2 43.32 E

 

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