This is the information page about the shipwreck Ludgate, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 30.02 N,8 59.04 W (51.300333333333, -9.084)

 

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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.

 

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Name: LUDGATE

Length 105.8 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3708 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1906 by bartram & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by carrington ss co ltd, london. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 313 nhp, single shaft. passage huelva for garston. struck contact mine laid by uc-51. 24 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1983

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 2M S FROM GALLEY HEAD, OR 512830N, 085630W. (BMVS). [NO DATE] POSN 513000N, 085700W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2385/34 2.5.34 FOUND BY ARTIGLIO IN 513000N, 085900W. (LL & SPECTATOR). - TNM 678/34. H2385/35 12.7.35 BUOYS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). TNM CANCELLED. 5.7.70 PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED BY SALVAGE DIVERS. POSN NOT KNOWN. (LLOYDS & SALVAGE ASSOCIATION, TELECON). 17.4.74 WRECK REMAINS ABOUT 20FT HIGH. (E GILES). 17.4.74 INS AS WK USC PA 15FMS IN 513000N, 085900W. (HMS VICEROY). BR STD. 30.6.76 AMEND TO WK USC PA 55MTRS. NC 2092. 30.8.78 AMEND TO WK 27MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H1284/83 14.7.83 HAS BEEN LOCATED USING A MAGNETOMETER. (A BODDIE, 11.7.83). POSN NOT GIVEN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 30.02 N,8 59.04 W

 

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