Allied Warships

HMS James Ludford (T 16)

MS Trawler of the Mersey class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassMersey 
PennantT 16 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
LaunchedJun 1918 
Commissioned1 May 1919 
Lost14 Dec 1939 
Loss position55.02N, 01.16W (See a map)
 
HistoryHMT James Ludford (Lt.Cdr. Harry Richard John Lewis, (retired), RN) was mined in the Tyne area on 14 December 1939, on a field laid on the night of 12-13 December by KzS Bonte's German destoryers: Hermann Künne, Richard Beitzen, Friedrich Ihn and Erich Steinbrinck. Sinking position is recorded as 55º02'30"N, 01º16'15"W in 44 metres of bottom. 

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