This is the information page about the shipwreck The queen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 8.092 N,1 27.323 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Amplegarth
7. Andaman
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Ashley
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Brandenburg
12. Bravore
13. Ca 4
14. Camisard
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Cedrington court
18. Christianssund
19. Colbert
20. Colbert (possibly)
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. D'artagnan
25. Dartmore
26. Diana
27. Dinard
28. Dixie
29. Dolcoath (part)
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Dunbar castle
32. E goodwin ltv
33. Efford
34. Eidsiva (probably)
35. Eleonora
36. Emile deschamps
37. Emma
38. Emma (possibly)
39. Empire lough (probably)
40. Empress of fort william (probably)
41. En avant
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Filleigh
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. Frons olivae (probably)
49. G 85 (possibly)
50. G-42 (possibly)
51. Gad 23
52. Genimar
53. Gloire a sainte therese
54. Grosser kurfurst
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harcalo
58. Henry moon
59. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
60. Hmhs anglia
61. Hms alert ?
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms artic trapper
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carilon
67. Hms carlton
68. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
69. Hms city of dundee
70. Hms cleon
71. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
72. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
73. Hms fauvette
74. Hms flirt
75. Hms glen boyne
76. Hms kingston galena
77. Hms lord grey
78. Hms lydian
79. Hms marcella
80. Hms napia
81. Hms niger (possibly)
82. Hms northumberland (probably)
83. Hms othello ii
84. Hms peridot
85. Hms restoration (possibly)
86. Hms rodino
87. Hms stirling castle (probably)
88. Hms torbay ii (probably)
89. Hms tourmaline
90. Hms tranquil
91. Hms war sepoy
92. Hms weigelia
93. Hms wessex
94. Hmsm b2
95. Hundvaag
96. Ilaro
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Josephine willis
101. Kabinda
102. Kadru
103. Karmt
104. Katharina kolkmann
105. Kielce
106. Kirsten skou
107. Koenigshaven
108. L'armandeche
109. La fleche
110. Lady stella
111. Latona
112. Le pelerin de la mer
113. Le tregor
114. Leicester
115. Leila najia
116. Leo
117. Loanda
118. Lord hamilton (possibly)
119. Luray victory
120. Lusitania
121. Mahratta
122. Mahratta ii
123. Maloja 1
124. Malta (probably)
125. Mariner moon
126. Merel (part of)(possibly)
127. Mersey
128. Monarch
129. Mrav
130. Munificent
131. Murillo
132. Nancy moran
133. Negrier
134. Newcastle
135. Niki
136. Norman
137. North eastern victory
138. Notre dame des trois epis
139. Opal
140. Ousel (probably)
141. Pallieter
142. Paros isle
143. Phoenix
144. Polgrange
145. Portslade (possibly)
146. Preussen
147. Pulborough
148. Quentovic
149. Rio parana
150. River levan
151. Rydal force
152. Rynanna
153. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
154. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
155. Sabac
156. Saint michael veillez sur nous
157. Saint ronan (possibly)
158. Saint ronan (possibly)
159. Sambut
160. Santagata
161. Santagata (?part of)
162. Sea serpent
163. Selma (possibly)
164. Shenandoah
165. Sir russell
166. Smarapaan
167. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
168. St cecilia
169. Strathclyde
170. Surrey
171. Teeswood
172. Texaco caribbean (after section)
173. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
174. The queen
175. Tina primo
176. Toward
177. Traquair (probably)
178. U 11 (possibly)
179. U 16 (possibly)
180. U 48
181. U 8
182. Ub 103 (possibly)
183. Ub 108 (possibly)
184. Ub 109
185. Ub 31 ?
186. Ub 38
187. Ub 55 (probably)
188. Ub 56 (possibly)
189. Ub 58 (possibly)
190. Ub 78
191. Ub-33 (probably)
192. Uc 26
193. Uc 46
194. Uc 46 (possibly)
195. Uc 63
196. Uc 77 (possibly)
197. Uc 78 or uc 79
198. Unity
199. Virginie
200. W a scholten
201. Westerley star
202. Wheatman (possibly)
203. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: THE QUEEN

Length 92.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1676 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Captured and sunk by german destroyers. (ww1sl). was the first turbine cross-channel ferry. (j f hendy in h1309/74). torpedoed whilst on passage boulogne to folkestone.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20190503

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3 MILES NE FROM THE VARNE LT VESSEL. (WW1SL). H998/37 8.10.37 EXAM'D IN 510800N, 012730E. SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA AT 52FT, DEDUCED DEPTH 55FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59FT. (HMS KELLET, 1936). CHART AS WK 9FMS. LC 1895. H012/39 20.2.40 LOCATED BY PAVS ON 2.10.39 IN 510800N, 012730E. (DOVER SECRET ORDER 035, 15.2.40). NCA. H5824/60 1.3.61 LOCATED BY HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60FT. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). NCA. H998/37 17.11.61 LOCATED IN 510803N, 012724E. SWEPT CLEAR 54FT, FOUL 57FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64 IN GEN DEPTH 87-93FT. SCOUR DEPTH 93FT. (HMS SCOTT, 1961). AMEND TO SW 9FMS IN REVISED POSN. R/S. 24.9.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8FMS 4FT. NC 1406. 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 8FMS 4FT [LAT]. NE 1828. 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 16.5MTRS. NC 1828. H4453/72 19.4.79 EXAM'D 19.4.78 IN 510803N, 012725E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28.9MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH APPROX 200FT. LIES NW/SE. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT ON TOP OF A MOUND. LEAST E/S DEPTH NOT RELIABLE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). NCA. H2007/81 10.2.81 EXAM'D 30.10.80 IN 510803.5N, 012724E [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 19.0, FOUL 19.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.7 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING 130/310DEGS WITH SILTING ON NE SIDE. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS. LENGTH 115MTRS, BEAM 30MTRS. E/S DEFINITION POOR, ACCEPT SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS ECHO, HI 68A/80). AMEND TO SW 19MTRS.

- NM 601/81. HH090/606/01 31.1.94 LOCATED 9.10.93 IN 510803.7N, 012724.5E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 21.9 IN GEN DEPTH 26.1MTRS. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 606). NCA. HH090/647/01 30.1.96 EXAM'D 30.9.96 IN 510803.9N, 012726.1E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.6 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HEIGHT. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SANDWAVE CLOSE TO THIS WK. NOT POSSIBLE TO SWEEP DUE TO FISHING FLOATS. (NP 1016, HI 647). AMEND TO WK 18.6MTRS IN 510804N, 012726E. BR STD. 27.1.99 NOW CONSIDERED TO BE 'THE QUEEN'. (TELECON DOVER CG/ D KELF 27.1.99). SEP 2019/000022679 25.6.19 EXAM'D 3.5.19; IN 5108.092N, 0127.323E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.29MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.75MTRS, LENGTH 93.5MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HT 8.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 120 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 4.3MTRS, WIDTH 75MTRS, 2.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 210/030 DEGS. INTACT WK IN UPRIGHT POSITION, PARTLY SUNK INTO SANDWAVE. SCOURS ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF WK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND DW 20.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 8.092 N,1 27.323 E

 

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