This is the information page about the shipwreck Limelight, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 37.112 N,6 11.721 W (55.882816666667, -6.1208666666667)

 

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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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9. Harald
10. Henry clay
11. Hinde
12. Hms calgarian
13. Hms duchess (probably)
14. Islay or islay iii
15. John strachan
16. Kestiel (possibly)
17. Limelight
18. Milewater
19. Pattersonian
20. Rothesay castle
21. Shackleton
22. Stormlight
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27. Veni
28. Wyre majestic (bow section)
29. Wyre majestic (stern section)

 

Name: LIMELIGHT

Length 27.1 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 143 ton
Load: construction materials,cement,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: ex- christo '64, built in 1916 by rennie forresit shipbuilding company, wivenhoe. owned at time of loss by light shipping co ltd. oil engine, single shaft. passage irwin for port ellen. grounded on sgeir thraghaidh in heavy weather & fog and sank 1m sw of port ellen pier. crew of 5 rescued. (sibi & argyll shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H453/67 13.3.67 H453/67 13.3.67 VESSEL HAS NOW BROKEN UP. THE STERN SECTION FROM THE ENGINE ROOM BULKHEAD AFT IS STILL LODGED ON THE ROCKS AT 45DEG ANGLE. THE BOW SECTION HAS FALLEN OFF THE ROCK & HAS SUNK IN 5FMS OF WATER ON NW SIDE OF SGEIR THRAGHAIDH. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD, LTR DTD 3.3.67). INS AS ST IN 553704N, 061140W [OGB]. BR STD. 17.11.82 17.11.82 LIES BROKEN IN TWO, WITH BOW AND STERN SECTIONS ABOUT 30MTRS APART, IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. CARGO OF BRICKS SPREAD OVER LARGE AREA RIGHT UP TO BASE OF ROCK. MUCH HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM WK. A CANNON BALL, 8INS IN DIAMETER, WAS FOUND AMONGST KELP WITHIN THE AREA OF WRECKAGE. (EXERCISE SCOOBIE SCOOP, 3-17.9.82, REPORT). CLOSE TO ROCK, DELETE FROM CHARTS (EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL). BR STD. 22.1.92 22.1.92 VESSEL HAS BROKEN UP, WITH BOWS BEING ON THE SLOPE OF THE SKERRY, BUT PERMANENTLY UNDERWATER AND REMAINDER OF WK LYING IN 4-10MTRS. EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED, ALL NON-FERROUS METAL REMOVED. PLEASANT SHALLOW DIVE, WITH WK LYING ON KELP COVERED ROCK. (DIVE W SCOTLAND, PUBLISHED 1985) 1997 REMAINS LIE IN 3-9MTRS ON NW SIDE OF ROCK. BOW LIES NEAREST ROCK & STERN A FEW MTRS TO SEAWARD. BOW LIES UPSIDE DOWN & RISES TO WITHIN A FEW MTRS OF SURFACE. STERN FACES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SITE DIAGRAM. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS) 4.10.99 4.10.99 WK SPLIT INTO TWO SECTIONS, THE UPSIDE DOWN BOW LYING SEVERAL MTRS FROM STERN. (DIVER MAGAZINE OCT '99). 9.10.13 9.10.13 EXAM'D 15.1.13 IN 5537.112N, 0611.721W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.42 IN GEN DEPTH 8.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. IN FIVE MAIN PARTS, SPREAD OVER 54MTRS BY 8MTRS. HT 3.42MTRS. LIES ALONG 034/214 DEGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1370). INS AS WK 5.4MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: 5 MAIN PARTS, BROKEN IN TWO, BOW INVERTED

Position: 55 37.112 N,6 11.721 W

 

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