Royal Navy · Hunt Type III · 1942–1943

HMS Limbourne

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Discover the lives within it.

23 October 1943 · L57 · Lest we forget
INTERACTIVE SHIP EXPLORER1943 · Interpretive reconstruction
Assembled interpretive model of HMS Limbourne with forward and aft guns, bridge, mast, funnel and boats

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HULL NUMBERL57
OVERALL LENGTH85.3 metres
MAIN ARMAMENT4 × 4-inch guns
BUILT ON THEClyde
A year at war.
An enduring story.
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Short, self-paced routes through the ship and its people.

A closer look

Every part had a purpose.

This educational reconstruction reuses the detailed 1:200 print model. Major arrangements are based on photographs and class records; fine fittings, hull lines and some equipment positions remain provisional. Neutral colours do not represent a verified paint scheme. Read the evidence notes · View archival photographs

From photograph to reconstruction

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Select a numbered point or a name below. Then find the same part in the 3D explorer.

Original port-bow photograph of Limbourne, with selectable annotations

Original project-supplied photograph, IWM watermark retained. Exact date and collection reference unconfirmed. Provenance

What the photograph shows

The bridge

The bridge is the tall, broad structure above the forward deck, with small windows and dark circular openings on its face. Its open upper edge is visible beneath the equipment and mast.

Clearly visible forward face and near side; far side obscured.

Original black-and-white photograph of HMS Limbourne at anchor, seen from the port bow, with L57 on her hull and the IWM watermark intact.Related photograph
HMS Limbourne, L57Wartime · exact date unconfirmed · Photographer unconfirmed · IWM watermark retainedPhotograph supplied for this project ↗No wider reuse licence asserted
Below the surface · Filmed in 2011

Limbourne, beneath the sea.

Underwater footage of Limbourne’s wreck, filmed in 2011 and published by FinnborgBraga.

Modern wreck footage. The related wartime photograph shows the intact ship; neither is a recording of the sinking.

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FinnborgBraga · Published 2 May 2012

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