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Technical
data
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Length: 125.3
feet (ca. 38,19 m)
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| Beam:
26.65 feet (ca. 8,12 m) |
| Draught:
16.4 feet (ca. 4,99 m) |
| Authority from 1958: Mersey Docks and Harbour Board,
Liverpool |
| Authority
from 1972: Trinity House, London |
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Year of construction:
1959
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Shipyard:
Philip & Son, Dartmouth, Devon, England
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Yard-No.:
1312
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| Name: PLANET |
| Contract
price: 171,541 £, profit: 8,461 £ |
| Material:
steel (riveted) |
| Generator: 4 x Ruston & Hornby 4YC2 Diesel, 2 x Ruston
& Hornby 6YC2 Diesel |
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| Crew: 7 men changing every 2 weeks |
History
| September
1958 |
ordered by Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Liverpool
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| May 24th, 1960 |
launched |
| September
9th, 1960 |
handed over
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| 1960-1972 |
used on BAR station
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| September
4th, 1972 |
removed from the BAR station, sold to Trinity House, London and
became No. 23 in their fleet
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| February
1974 - July 18th, 1975 |
KENTISH KNOCK station
the last lightvessel
being withdrawn from this station
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| 1975-1979 |
VARNE station
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| August
1979-1989 |
CHANNEL station
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June 10th, 1989 |
demanned, last manned lightvessel on CHANNEL station
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| July
25th, 1991 |
arrived Portsmouth under tow after sale to Pound´s Marine
Services Ltd., Portsmouth for 2,000 £
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| 1992 |
resold
to Mike Critchley and Keith Gane, who brought the lightship to
the Cammell Lairdīs Wet Basin and later to Birkenhead
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| 1997 |
the Liverpool Marine Radio and Electronic Society is using the lightship
for an exhibition. People from this society later founded the Mersey
Lightvessel Preservation Society, who were planning to rebuild the
lightship to its original look. They are now trying to collect the
375,000 £ to buy the lightship.
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|
2002
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open to the public at the Historic
Warship Museum, East Float Dock, Dock Raod, Birkenhead
on weekends only.
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| 2004 |
sold
to Mr. Gary McClarnan |
| 2005 |
moved
to Cross Quay Birkenhead for renovation works |
| 2006 |
new
berth in historic Albert Docks in Liverpool |
| 2008 |
The lightship
was for sale for 139.000 £ and was bought by two couples
from Halewood - Tom and Angela Surtees and Alan Roberts and Sharon
Sarsfield.
If someone
has news, I would be grateful for an
e-mail.
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