About lightships and other red ships Some years ago one of our crew members toured our lightship with a group of visitors. After they had seen all decks and all typical signal facilities, especially of course the beacon, had been explained to them, the group returned to the entrance and thanked their guide for that interesting tour. There was only one question left: Where are the fire-fighting hoses? (One of the visitors did not realise that a lightship is not a ship of the fire-brigade - even if it is red) Thank you very much to André Marx of the German lightship FEHMARNBELT for this small amusing tale.