Length o.a.: 137.25 feet (ca. 41,83 m)

Length: 119 feet (ca. 36,27 m)

Beam: 25 feet (ca. 7,62 m)

Draught: 15 feet (ca. 4,57 m)

Net tonnage: 267

Authority: Trinity House, London

Year of construction: 1946

Shipyard: Philip & Son, Dartmouth, Devon, England

Yard-No.: 1134

Contract price: 49,296 £, profit: 8,265 £

Material: steel (riveted)

Lighting Apparatus: Multi-Catroptric, electric 34.5 b.h.p. Gardner H.S. Diesels

Fog signal: Gardner Diesel driving Reavell Q.R. Compressors

“G” Diaphone

History

April 1945	ordered by Trinity House, London
1946	launched
November 29th, 1946	handed over to Trinity House, London, initially on Cross Sand station
September 24th, 1949	damaged in collision with the CAIRO CITY (4,792/1906) which was in tow of MASTERMAN (482/1941) on the Cross Sand station
September 2000	LV2 after being converted with solar panels and refit in Cowes, Isle of Weight
October 2003	SUNK station
October 2004	LV 2 in Harwich. Today LV 2 is a solar powered automatic light vessel, which is still in the Trinity House fleet and used on the Sevenstones station. If someone has news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.