This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms lawford (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 25.77 N,0 23.833 W (49.49575, -0.2880167)

 

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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. Abbe garos
2. Agios spyridon (possibly)
3. Agnus dei
4. Aloa
5. Alynbank
6. Amsterdam
7. Barsac
8. Barsac
9. Chant 6
10. Chant 6
11. Chrisimas
12. Courbet
13. Creto (probably)
14. Derrycunihy
15. Dinard (possibly)
16. Elswick park
17. Empire bittern
18. Empire rosebery
19. F 614
20. Fdt 216 (possibly)
21. Felix
22. Flowergate (possibly)
23. Fort norfolk
24. Francois-xavier
25. Georgios
26. Greif
27. Gros loulou
28. Harpagas (fore part)
29. Hm mgb 17
30. Hmms 8
31. Hms britomart
32. Hms cato
33. Hms computator (probably)
34. Hms durban (possibly)
35. Hms fratton
36. Hms glen avon
37. Hms hussar
38. Hms lawford (probably)
39. Hms lord austin (possibly)
40. Hms magic
41. Hms pylades
42. Ingman (possibly)
43. Innerton (possibly)
44. Jean lae patt
45. Jolie pluie de rose
46. Kong oscar 2
47. La caravelle
48. La kaline
49. Lcg 1062
50. Lcg 1062 (possibly)
51. Le nohic
52. Le rhapsody
53. Le tout petit (?le toupeti)
54. Lynghaug (possibly)
55. M 39 (possibly)
56. Magicien
57. Mere theresa
58. Modlin
59. Mulberry harbour b (remains of)
60. Njejos (possibly)
61. Northgate
62. Parkhaven
63. Parklaan (possibly)
64. Pascal jeanne marie
65. Perceval
66. Phoenix 'a 46'
67. Phoenix unit
68. Pointe du hoc
69. Prairial
70. Providencia
71. Ragna (possibly)
72. Reine mathilde
73. Reve des iles
74. Risque tout
75. Rolling stones
76. Saint freddy
77. Saltersgate
78. Samlong (or charles w eliot)
79. Scarface
80. Sebastel 2
81. Sirehei (possibly)
82. Svenner
83. Vas y molo
84. Vinlake (possibly)
85. Winha
86. Zeeland

 

Name: HMS LAWFORD (PROBABLY)

Length 91.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, tonnage 1150 ton

Cause: De 'captain' class frigate, built boston, usa in 1943. sunk by air attack off normandy. (srn).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H02470/44 29.6.44 ST IN 492540N, 002348W, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FL(3)G.10S, CLOSE W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1452/44. H03041/44 1.8.44 'LANGFORD WK BUOY' FIXED IN 492538N, 002348W, CLOSE W OF WRECK. LEAST RECORDED DEPTH OVER WRECK BY HDML 1001, 38FT. (NOIC ARROMANCHES). NO RECORD OF WK OF THIS NAME IN WW2SL. MOST PROBABLY REFERS TO HMS LAWFORD. H02470/44 16.8.44 WK 6.25FMS [11.4MTRS] IN 492540N, 002348W, BUOY REMOVED. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1826/44. H6873/50 1.2.51 WK 8FMS [14.6MTRS] IN 492544N, 002346W. (FR NM 35/020/50).

- NM 181/51. H716/60 11.7.61 INS AS WK 8FMS 1FT ON NC 2613. 28.5.82 SHOWN AS WK 15.4MTRS IN FR WK RECORDS. NC 2656. 25.7.90 SHOWN AS WK 15.4MTRS IN 492547N, 002344W ON FR 6927 [1985 EDN]. WK OF LARGE SS IN 492546.8N, 002342.6W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 15.5 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. WK LIES ON PORTSIDE IN TWO PARTS WITH BRIDGE BROKEN OFF. HT 5.1MTRS ABOVE SEABED. ORIENTATION E/W. (FR WK RECORDS 1987) . NC 2613. 27.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4925.725N, 0023.791W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES ON PORT SIDE IN TWO PARTS

Position: 49 25.77 N,0 23.833 W

 

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