Crew:
2 x 6 men, who changed initially every 4 weeks, later every 2 weeks
History
1910
After
Rasmus Møller Wharf had already built the Danish lightship
No. XX, they got the order to build this new lightship too: Fyrskib
no. XXI. Special: The lightship got the lantern and optic of the
former Danish lightship No. IV, which had already been decommissioned
in 1908
May
1910
keel
was laid
August
15th, 1911
launched
1912
again in the
wharf to complete the lightship
June
28, 1912
towed
to the first station - the Grådyb station - by lightship tender
"C.F. Grove"
1913-1915
Vyl
station
1915-1917
Horns
Rev station
1917-1920
towed
to Esbjerg because of the mines of WWI
1920-1933
Horns
Rev station
1933-1935
Orlogsværft
in Copenhagen
1935-1939
Horns
Rev station
1939-1945
war
lightship during WWII
1945-1969
Læsø
N station
1969-1971
modernisation
at the Ring Andersens Skibsværft in Svendborg. Special: The
lightship got the optic of lightship no. X
1971-1979
Skagens
Rev station
1979-1980
Horns Rev station
1980-1988
observation
ship at Samsø Belt and Møn Se station
December
12th, 1988
Lightship
No. XXI is the last Danish lightship to be withdrawn from its station.
It was towed to Copenhagen by the lightship tender "Argus" and was
officially decommissioned by members of the former crew
1988-1991
laid
up in the Fyrmagasin Holmen in Copenhagen
November
1991
Sold to the
assiciation "Den Selvejende Institution Fregatten Jylland" for
150,000 DKK. There is an amateur radio station at the lightship
today, the call sign is OZ7DAL
June
3rd, 2006
From today the lightship is used as summer café in Ebeltoft
(Denmark) during the summer month (June to August). From 2007
also overnight accomodation will be available.
If anyone
has news I would be grateful for an e-mail.
