This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms james ludford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 2.485 N,1 16.3 W (55.041417, -1.271667)

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.

Name: HMS JAMES LUDFORD

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 142 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0266/39 14.6.40 NDWPA IN 067 DEGS, 5.1 MILES FROM R TYNE N PIER LT.

- NM 1473/40). H4871/68 3.7.68 EXAM'D 27.10.67 IN 550230N, 011651W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 146FT IN GEN DEPTH 166FT. SCOUR DEPTH 168FT. LENGTH 200FT APPROX. LIES E/W. (HMS MYRMIDON, HI 350/67). AMEND TO WK 24FMS. BR STD. H2433/71 21.4.71 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (ISS ROS DTD 31.12.70). H2189/71 22.5.72 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (ISS ROS DTD 13.11.71). 15.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 44MTRS. NC 152. HH090/796/01 6.1.99 EXAM'D 9.7.98 IN 550229.0N, 011617.9W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.1 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. DISCERNABLE SHAPE. SOME DAMAGE TO SUPERSTRUCTURE AND DECKS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). PROBABLY UPRIGHT AND COLLAPSED. AMEND TO WK 43MTRS. BR STD. 21.3.06 LOCATED NOV '05 IN 5502.485N, 0116.289W [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. (HMS BANGOR). NCA. HH242/630/07 30.5.06 LOCATED IN 5602.481N, 0116.291W [WGD]. (HMS CATTISTOCK, ROUTE SURVEY OCT-NOV 2005). NCA. 25.1.12 LOCATED 7.2011 IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 4MTRS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1359, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). NCA. 12.7.12 LOCATED 28.7.11 IN 5502.490N, 0116.300W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.06 IN GEN DEPTH 49.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 135/355 DEGS WITH BOWS N. (HMML GLEANER, HI 1359). NCA. SEP 2019/000043627 28.2.19 EXAM’D 28.2.19 IN 5502.485N, 0116.300W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.45MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 60.1MTRS, WIDTH 20.3MTRS, HT 6.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 142/322DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 5MTRS, WIDTH 12.9MTRS, 1MTRS DEEP TOWARD 55DEGS. MAINLY BROKEN UP BUT WITH DISCERNIBLE FEATURES, SCOURING TO NW & SE. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND NDW 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAINLY BROKEN UP BUT WITH DISCERNIBLE FEATURES

Position: 55 2.485 N,1 16.3 W

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