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 52 21 N,5 19.4 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)

 

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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. Bangarth
2. Baron carnegie
3. Birchwood (possibly)
4. Boltonhall (possibly)
5. Boscastle (possibly)
6. Elsena (possibly)
7. Empire gunner (possibly)
8. Empire panther (probably)
9. Ethel
10. Fort rona (possibly)
11. Foyle (possibly)
12. Francoise de lille (possibly)
13. Galatea (possibly)
14. Gresham (possibly)
15. Halberdier (possibly)
16. Kassanga (possibly)
17. Landonia (probably)
18. Mandala
19. Margaretha
20. Metric
21. Moyallon
22. Port townsville (probably)
23. Prins frederik hendrik (possibly)
24. Raf vitol (possibly)
25. Rosylin
26. Rotula (possibly)
27. Soreldoc (possibly)
28. Spenser (possibly)
29. St patrick (possibly)
30. Strathnairn (possibly)
31. The queen
32. U 1302 (possibly)
33. Yturri bide (possibly)

 

Name: THE QUEEN

Length 53.3 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 557 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built 1897, by ailsa shipbuilding co. troon, with 2 cylinder compound engine of 80 hp, single shaft, 1 boiler. aft machinery by muir & houston ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by hay,j. & sons, glasgow. passage ayr for devonport. captured and sunk by gunfire from german submarine u24 in the sw approaches. no lives lost. (naval staff monographs vol 14, british merchant ships sunk by u-boats in the 1914-1918 war, sibi).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 80 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 1976

Details measurements/cartography: 4.9.75 4.9.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS THE IRISH CHANNEL. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14). NCA, POSN 503000N, 083000W FOR FILING ONLY. 13.4.76 13.4.76 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 40M NNE OF SMALLS LIGHTHOUSE. (LLWW1). NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED TO 522100N, 051924W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 21 N,5 19.4 W

 

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