This is the information page about the shipwreck Ladywood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 43.671 N,5 56.223 W (49.727850, -5.937050)

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: LADYWOOD

Length 88.7 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2314 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: captured and sunk by german submarine 15m sw from wolf rock whilst en route from port nolloth to swansea. (ww1sl & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 90 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 15 MILES SW OF WOLF ROCK. (WW1SL). H2137/54 22.6.54 H2137/54 22.6.54 CARGO SALVAGE BY SV 'HELP' BETWEEN FEB AND MAY IN 494400N, 055600W [OGB] USING DECCA, OR 200DEGS [T], 13.8 MILES FROM WOLF ROCK. LIES IN DEPTH 49FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 40FT. PARTIALLY DISINTEGRATED. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. NC 2675. H2137/54 3.6.55 H2137/54 3.6.55 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN THIS AREA. BUOYS ESTABLISHED. (NAVEAM 5370). H2590/76 17.3.76 H2590/76 17.3.76 NOT FOUND DURING SIDESCAN SWEEP. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). RETAIN AS CHARTED IN VIEW OF RISDON BEAZLEY REPORT. 24.5.76 24.5.76 NOW CHARTED AS USC 79MTRS [43FMS]. NE 1148. H2979/74 23.11.77 H2979/74 23.11.77 FF IN 494357N, 055609W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA YET. H3943/88 7.11.89 H3943/88 7.11.89 EXAM'D 27.7.89 IN 494338N, 055610W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS AND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.3MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LARGE PIECE OF WKGE, LYING 060/240DEGS, WITH SIGNIFICANT HT BUT NO OBVIOUS SHIP-LIKE FORM. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465). AMEND TO WK 82MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 1148 & NE 2565.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE PIECE OF WKGE

Position: 49 43.671 N,5 56.223 W

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