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Technical
data
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Length: 116
feet (ca. 35,36 m)
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| Beam:
24 feet (ca. 7,20 m) |
| Draught:
15 feet (ca. 4,50 m) |
| Displacement:
257 t |
| Authority:
Trinity House, London |
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Year of construction:
1903
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Builder: John
Crown & Sons, Sunderland
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| Material:
steel |
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| Optic:
Catoptric, 9-2W oil lamps |
| Fog
horn : Siren, powered by 2 - 15 hp Hornsby Oil engines, driving
air pumps, after conversion "F" Diaphone with 4 - 5 mile range |
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| Anchor:
mushroom anchor |
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Crew:
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History
| 1903-1944
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different stations, at least Shipwash station
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| 1944
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during the Normandy landings of 1944, two Trinity House lightships,
LV 72 carrying the name JUNO and another named KANSAS, marked
a lane through a mine-field on D-Day
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| 1945 |
Le Havre station
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| 1945-1949
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Smith Knoll station
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| 1949-1952
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Varne station
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| 1953-1954
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English and Welsh Grounds station
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| November
30th, 1954 |
the chain broke and the lightship drifted from its station, spare
anchor used
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| 1954-1972 |
English and Welsh Grounds station
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| 1972 |
laid up in Swansea
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May 1973
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decommissioned and sold to Steel Supply Co.
who actually wanted to scrap the ship. Later there was the idea
to use it as a night club - but plans failed.
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| Heute |
 
Today it is moored in the Neath Abbey Wharf near Swansea and left
to itself. Unfortunately the hull is in very bad condition and
absorbs water with every flood. This iron ship is an especially
important example of her kind, originally lit by oil and later
converted to electric light. As only the light was electrified
and not the rotating mechanism, she retains unique examples of
equipment from both oil and electric vessel. Is there nobody who
would like to look after this ship? If someone has news I would
be grateful for an e-mail
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