This is the information page about the shipwreck Limesfield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 1.875 N,3 56.79 W (54.290033333333, -3.9008833333333)

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: LIMESFIELD

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 29 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: H5043/70 26.1.71 FASTENER REPORTED IN THIS POSN. (NETHERLANDS HO). NCA. HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 WK EXAM'D 28.2.91 IN 540156N, 035614.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.9 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES 045/225 DEG, INTACT AND APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN. LENGTH 52MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. COULD POSSIBLY BE WK OF OPAL. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 466). DCS3 TRACE INDICATES THAT WK IS APPARENTLY UPRIGHT. INS AS WK 34MTRS.

- NM 1117/91. HH100/351/09 18.5.95 SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. DECCA AND GPS RECEIVER USED, MAGNETOMETER DEPLOYED. REPORTED BY FISHERMEN TO BE AN AREA OF FASTENERS. WK LOCATED IN 540153N, 035640W [OGB] USING DECCA AND GPS [CORRECTED TO OGB]. DIVING COMFIRMED PREVIOULY REPORTED DETAILS. WK UPRIGHT, HULL INTACT, NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. LIES BOW TO THE NE. TWO HOLDS WITH MIDSHIPS BRIDGE. HOLDS EMPTY. DAMAGE TO STBD SIDE. ITEMS OF POTTERY RECOVERED FROM BRIDGE ALL MARKED WITH THE HOUSE FLAG ('Z LTD' IN A RECTANGULAR FRAME). THE ONLY VESSEL LOST BY THIS COMPANY WAS LIMESFIELD. (K HURLEY). PREVIOUS SURVEY POSN CONSIDERED TO BE INCORRECT. NCA. HH100/351/11 19.6.96 VESSEL CONFIRMED AS LIMESFIELD. BELL RECOVERED INSCRIBED WITH 'LIMESFIELD 1916'. (K HURLEY). HH090/706/01 18.9.96 EXAM'D 16.5.96 IN 540152.5N, 035647.4W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 34.1, FOUL 34.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPT 34.4 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS. LENGTH 44MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. LIES 029/209 DEGS. INTACT, ALMOST UPRIGHT. HOLDS VISIBLE ON SONAR RECORDS. BOWS NE. (GARDLINE, HI 706). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT. HOLDS VISIBLE ON SONAR. BOW NE.

Position: 54 1.875 N,3 56.79 W

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