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Logbook 2007

This "Logbook" will show you the news of this WebPages in 2007.

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December 24th, 2007
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

My thanks to those of you who sent Christmas greetings and kind words of appreciation for my work on the Lightship Webpages. I couldn't do it without the help of those of you who contribute news, comments and photos. I truly enjoy putting the news for my Lightship Webpages together and look forward to 2008.

November 16th, 2007
Coming back home

The former English lightvessel No. 14 was towed "back home" after 10 years in Ireland today. Her new berth will be in Gloucester, but first she has to go to a shipyard for some months for overhaul.

November 10th, 2007
Help needed!

Who can identify this ship, which was photographed at the Adria? It is told that it is a former lightship. Who knows more?

November 9th, 2007
Film about the German lightship BORKUMRIFF

If you are interested in German lightships, this film about the German lightship BORKUMRIFF, which was decommissioned in 1988 as the last manned lightship in Germany, might be interesting for you. For more information please click here.

October 28th, 2007
New QSL-cards

I am very proud to have 10 new QSL-cards of lightships in my collection. Please click here to see them.

September 19th, 2007
Swedish lightship FALSTERBOREV sank in Le Havre

The former Swedish lightship no. 28 FALSTERBOREV was towed to Le Havre in France in 2002. Now she sank at her berth at the Quai de Brésil. For more information please click here. If anyone has news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.

August 2nd, 2007
Help needed!

Today I received the following request of the German museum lightship AMRUMBANK/Deutsche Bucht in Emden. Maybe anyone of you has an idea how to help:

No travel permit! The Lightship was tested in dock In the bow area around the chain box grave damage was found during the safety tests, which will make leaving the mooring impossible for the foreseeable future. If we can not raise the money for the repairs (renewal of ribs, bulkhead and outer plates), all that is left is scrap. The ship, which has become a symbol by now, which holds many memories and destinies, on which many marriages took place, must not sink. We are calling on politicians, commerce, clubs and all friends of the lightship: Help us!

Hartwig Bakker - Chairman
Museum lightship Amrumbank/Deutsche Bucht e.V.

June 3rd, 2007
Lightvessel No. 14 has new owners

Good news - the former English lightvessel No. 14 has new owners, who are planning to live on the ship and to start an alternative healing center on it. But first the lightship with the special looking pilot house has to be towed to the UK and will be restored during the next month. Congratulations and good luck for your project!

June 2nd, 2007
New Bedford Lightship sold for scrap

The old New Bedford Lightship, which once served as the Pollock Rip Lightship, has been sold for scrap metal for the paltry sum of $10,000. The City of New Bedford removed about 20 artifacts from the vessel. By mid-June another part of America’s lighthouse history will shamefully be destroyed and lost forever. Click here to read more...

June 1st, 2007
Grand opening of the Le Phare Bleu Lightship Restaurant

If you are planning to spend you vacation on the island of Grenada in the Caribbean, it might be interesting for you, that there is a new Lightship Restaurant, called Le Phare Bleu Restaurant, in the Petite Calvigny Bay from today, which is placed on the former Swedish lightship no. 23 VASTRA BANKEN. So, if you are looking for a special restaurant for a special occasion or if you are just fascinated by lightships...

May 29th, 2007
Wonderful Co-Incidence

Sometimes, as luck wants it, the story of a long forgotten light vessel comes to life again. The other day someone sent me a holiday snap of a lantern mast of a light ship, which he had taken in Skanör (Sweden). The mast was that of the Swedish Lightship No. 8, which had served at the Falsterborev Station for year and which had been scrapped in 1976. I love co-incidences like this :-)

May 26th, 2007
Landscape with a lightship

If you are interested in lightship modell building, you should have a look at the photos of the lightship modells of Mr. Albertus Looden. He did not only build a single lightship modell but a landscape with a lightship and many other things. Here are his photos.

May 23rd, 2007
New board stamp

I am very proud to have the new board stamp of the German Museum Lightship ELBE 3 in Hamburg in my collection. If you know more board stamps of lightships, that should be added to this list, I would be grateful for an e-mail.

May 22nd, 2007
Crew photos wanted!

I would like to find out more about the uniforms and other clothes worn on lightships. Does anybody have private photos of lightship crews on duty, which you would make available to me?

May 21st, 2007
Lightship DAGON

Does anyone of you know more about the DAGON lightship, which is shown here. Is it still in use today? When and where was it built, what was its history until today?

May 17th, 2007
Irish-English Lightvessel

When we visited Harwich last month, we saw a very special lightvessel for the first time: The former Irish lightvessel CORMORANT II was used by the Commissioners of Irish Lights from 1964 until 1983. Than the lighship was sold to Trinity House to join their fleet as Lightvessel No. 24. Subsequently automated, she is still in service.

May 1st,
2007
On tour with a German lightship

The crews of the German museum lightships ELBE 1 and FEHMARNBELT are doing trips with their lightships in 2007 again. If you are interested in doing a daytrip with a German lightship, please see the summer timetables for more details.

April 29th,
2007

DVD of the lightvessel GULL available

Mike Millichamp visited the wreck of the former English lightvessel GULL in Grays in 2006. His DVD originates from this visit and tells in a very impressive way the story of the lightship, which is already over 147 years old. For more information please click here.

March 4th, 2007
Model of the German lightship ELBE 1

I am always very pleased, when a ship's modeller sends photographs of his lightship model to me, which I can then show on the lightship-pages, because these kinds of models are rather rare. Brand new on the lightship-pages is a model of the German lightship Elbe 1.

February 26th, 2007

Irish lightship station CONINGBEG

Short news about the Irish lightship station CONINGBEG: Established on 01.09.1824 - automated on 31.3.1982 - replaced by Superbuoy on 26.02.2007.

February 22nd, 2007
New postmark

I am very proud to have a new postmark of the German lightship ELBE 3 in my collection - here it is.

February 18th, 2007
Set a course for Hamburg in 2008

Great things are showing signs of happening. This much we will give away: A festivity is planned for 2008, the likes of which has never been seen in maritime histroic preservation: A meeting of the five seaworthy German Museum-Lightships. If you want to know more, have a look here.

January 27th, 2007
New publication available

"Light Vessels of the United Kingdom and Ireland 1820 - 2006" is an illustrated fleet list compiled by Philip Simons. 120 pages full of black and white photos and short information about the single light vessels and light vessel stations of Trinity House, Commissioners of Irish Lights, Northern Lighthouse Board, Humber Conservancy Board and Mersey Board and Harbour Docks. Please click here to read more.

January 20th, 2007
The English Lightvessel No. 21

The last of the Philip´s ships to be built for Trinity House was the English Lightvessel No. 21 in 1963. The lightship is already converted to automatic lightvessel but still active in the Trinity House fleet.

January 16th, 2007
Unmanned English light vessels

Completely un-noticed by the public, but extremely important for shipping, un-manned light vessels are serving particularly off the English coast. I would like to introduce you to two of these vessels: LV 7 and LV 20.

January 11th, 2007
Photo of the "Inner Dowsing lightship restaurant" wanted!

If anyone of you lives near Rochester in England, I would be very grateful for a photo of the former Trinity House lightvessel No. 16. The lightship was built in 1840 (!) and is used as a restaurant ship in Rochester today. The hull remains a good example of a wooden lightship, but the mast, lantern and most deck and interior fittings have been removed to provide increased accomodation. For more information please click here.

January 1st, 2007 A very Happy New Year 2007 to all visitors and friends of my lightship webpages! I wish you a year full of wonderful lightshiping adventures.

Earlier Logbooks:

2006

2005

4th Quarter 2004

3rd Quarter 2004

2nd Quarter 2004

1st Quarter 2004

December 24th, 2007	Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! My thanks to those of you who sent Christmas greetings and kind words of appreciation for my work on the Lightship Webpages. I couldn't do it without the help of those of you who contribute news, comments and photos. I truly enjoy putting the news for my Lightship Webpages together and look forward to 2008.
November 16th, 2007	Coming back home The former English lightvessel No. 14 was towed "back home" after 10 years in Ireland today. Her new berth will be in Gloucester, but first she has to go to a shipyard for some months for overhaul.
November 10th, 2007	Help needed! Who can identify this ship, which was photographed at the Adria? It is told that it is a former lightship. Who knows more?
November 9th, 2007	Film about the German lightship BORKUMRIFF If you are interested in German lightships, this film about the German lightship BORKUMRIFF, which was decommissioned in 1988 as the last manned lightship in Germany, might be interesting for you. For more information please click here.
October 28th, 2007	New QSL-cards I am very proud to have 10 new QSL-cards of lightships in my collection. Please click here to see them.
September 19th, 2007	Swedish lightship FALSTERBOREV sank in Le Havre The former Swedish lightship no. 28 FALSTERBOREV was towed to Le Havre in France in 2002. Now she sank at her berth at the Quai de Brésil. For more information please click here. If anyone has news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
August 2nd, 2007	Help needed! Today I received the following request of the German museum lightship AMRUMBANK/Deutsche Bucht in Emden. Maybe anyone of you has an idea how to help: No travel permit! The Lightship was tested in dock In the bow area around the chain box grave damage was found during the safety tests, which will make leaving the mooring impossible for the foreseeable future. If we can not raise the money for the repairs (renewal of ribs, bulkhead and outer plates), all that is left is scrap. The ship, which has become a symbol by now, which holds many memories and destinies, on which many marriages took place, must not sink. We are calling on politicians, commerce, clubs and all friends of the lightship: Help us! Hartwig Bakker - Chairman Museum lightship Amrumbank/Deutsche Bucht e.V.
June 3rd, 2007	Lightvessel No. 14 has new owners Good news - the former English lightvessel No. 14 has new owners, who are planning to live on the ship and to start an alternative healing center on it. But first the lightship with the special looking pilot house has to be towed to the UK and will be restored during the next month. Congratulations and good luck for your project!
June 2nd, 2007	New Bedford Lightship sold for scrap The old New Bedford Lightship, which once served as the Pollock Rip Lightship, has been sold for scrap metal for the paltry sum of $10,000. The City of New Bedford removed about 20 artifacts from the vessel. By mid-June another part of America’s lighthouse history will shamefully be destroyed and lost forever. Click here to read more...
June 1st, 2007	Grand opening of the Le Phare Bleu Lightship Restaurant If you are planning to spend you vacation on the island of Grenada in the Caribbean, it might be interesting for you, that there is a new Lightship Restaurant, called Le Phare Bleu Restaurant, in the Petite Calvigny Bay from today, which is placed on the former Swedish lightship no. 23 VASTRA BANKEN. So, if you are looking for a special restaurant for a special occasion or if you are just fascinated by lightships...
May 29th, 2007	Wonderful Co-Incidence Sometimes, as luck wants it, the story of a long forgotten light vessel comes to life again. The other day someone sent me a holiday snap of a lantern mast of a light ship, which he had taken in Skanör (Sweden). The mast was that of the Swedish Lightship No. 8, which had served at the Falsterborev Station for year and which had been scrapped in 1976. I love co-incidences like this :-)
May 26th, 2007	Landscape with a lightship If you are interested in lightship modell building, you should have a look at the photos of the lightship modells of Mr. Albertus Looden. He did not only build a single lightship modell but a landscape with a lightship and many other things. Here are his photos.
May 23rd, 2007	New board stamp I am very proud to have the new board stamp of the German Museum Lightship ELBE 3 in Hamburg in my collection. If you know more board stamps of lightships, that should be added to this list, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
May 22nd, 2007	Crew photos wanted! I would like to find out more about the uniforms and other clothes worn on lightships. Does anybody have private photos of lightship crews on duty, which you would make available to me?
May 21st, 2007	Lightship DAGON Does anyone of you know more about the DAGON lightship, which is shown here. Is it still in use today? When and where was it built, what was its history until today?
May 17th, 2007	Irish-English Lightvessel When we visited Harwich last month, we saw a very special lightvessel for the first time: The former Irish lightvessel CORMORANT II was used by the Commissioners of Irish Lights from 1964 until 1983. Than the lighship was sold to Trinity House to join their fleet as Lightvessel No. 24. Subsequently automated, she is still in service.
May 1st, 2007	On tour with a German lightship The crews of the German museum lightships ELBE 1 and FEHMARNBELT are doing trips with their lightships in 2007 again. If you are interested in doing a daytrip with a German lightship, please see the summer timetables for more details.
April 29th, 2007	DVD of the lightvessel GULL available Mike Millichamp visited the wreck of the former English lightvessel GULL in Grays in 2006. His DVD originates from this visit and tells in a very impressive way the story of the lightship, which is already over 147 years old. For more information please click here.
March 4th, 2007	Model of the German lightship ELBE 1 I am always very pleased, when a ship's modeller sends photographs of his lightship model to me, which I can then show on the lightship-pages, because these kinds of models are rather rare. Brand new on the lightship-pages is a model of the German lightship Elbe 1.
February 26th, 2007	Irish lightship station CONINGBEG Short news about the Irish lightship station CONINGBEG: Established on 01.09.1824 - automated on 31.3.1982 - replaced by Superbuoy on 26.02.2007.
February 22nd, 2007	New postmark I am very proud to have a new postmark of the German lightship ELBE 3 in my collection - here it is.
February 18th, 2007	Set a course for Hamburg in 2008 Great things are showing signs of happening. This much we will give away: A festivity is planned for 2008, the likes of which has never been seen in maritime histroic preservation: A meeting of the five seaworthy German Museum-Lightships. If you want to know more, have a look here.
January 27th, 2007	New publication available "Light Vessels of the United Kingdom and Ireland 1820 - 2006" is an illustrated fleet list compiled by Philip Simons. 120 pages full of black and white photos and short information about the single light vessels and light vessel stations of Trinity House, Commissioners of Irish Lights, Northern Lighthouse Board, Humber Conservancy Board and Mersey Board and Harbour Docks. Please click here to read more.
January 20th, 2007	The English Lightvessel No. 21 The last of the Philip´s ships to be built for Trinity House was the English Lightvessel No. 21 in 1963. The lightship is already converted to automatic lightvessel but still active in the Trinity House fleet.
January 16th, 2007	Unmanned English light vessels Completely un-noticed by the public, but extremely important for shipping, un-manned light vessels are serving particularly off the English coast. I would like to introduce you to two of these vessels: LV 7 and LV 20.
January 11th, 2007	Photo of the "Inner Dowsing lightship restaurant" wanted! If anyone of you lives near Rochester in England, I would be very grateful for a photo of the former Trinity House lightvessel No. 16. The lightship was built in 1840 (!) and is used as a restaurant ship in Rochester today. The hull remains a good example of a wooden lightship, but the mast, lantern and most deck and interior fittings have been removed to provide increased accomodation. For more information please click here.
January 1st, 2007	A very Happy New Year 2007 to all visitors and friends of my lightship webpages! I wish you a year full of wonderful lightshiping adventures.