This is the information page about the shipwreck Lingfield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 28.539 N,2 0.859 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: LINGFIELD
Length 59.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1002 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Sunk after collision with 'ubari' while on a voyage from the tyne to portsmouth.
Year of registration: 1951
Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm
Known since: 1951, last detected: 20161216
Details measurements/cartography: H03614/41 2.7.51 INS WK 6FMS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, SIGNAL 28.6.51).
- NM 124/51. H03614/41 8.8.51 INS G SPH BUOY, INT QK FL G 1CABLE SOUTH OF WK 6FMS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, SIGNAL 28.6.51).
- NM 1552/51. H03614/41 11.1.52 LOCATED 7.11.51. SWEPT CLEAR 70FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72FT IN GEN DEPTH 100FT. HEIGHT OF WK ABOVE SEABED 30FT. LIES APPROX E/W AND IS UNDER 400FT IN LENGTH. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 7.12.51 & 16.10.51). AMEND TO WK 11FMS AND DELETE BUOY (TH).
- NM 76/52. H3730/69 1.6.69 EXAM'D IN 522835N, 000256E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 86FT IN GEN DEPTH 97FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). AMEND TO WK 14FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 15.9.71 EXAM'D IN 522831N, 020040E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.0MTRS, FOUL AT 25.0MTRS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 25.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. ABOUT 200FT LONG. LIES NW/SE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 1.6.71). AMEND TO SW 12FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4629/71 20.1.72 BOW HALF ONLY FOUND BY DIVERS. SHIP UPRIGHT BUT COLLAPSING RAPIDLY. METAL SHEETING LIKE LACE. NO SCOUR & SILTING AT BOWS OR SW END (E GILES, 9.1.72). 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 23MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 23.6.94 IN 522830.7N, 020058.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.3, FOUL 24.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.1 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE IN ONE PIECE. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 18.7.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5228.539N, 0200.859E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 64.8MTRS, WIDTH 21.2MTRS, HEIGHT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345 DEGS. WRECK IS DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 28.539 N,2 0.859 E