|
Technical
data
|
Length o.a.:
84.5 feet (ca. 25.75 m)
|
|
Length: 75
feet (ca. 22.86 m)
|
| Beam:
20 feet (ca. 6.10 m) |
| Draught:
10.5 feet (ca. 3.20 m) |
| Displacement:
140 tons |
| Authority:
Trinity House, London |
|
Year of construction:
1914
|
|
Shipyard:
J.I.
Thorneycroft Ltd., Woolston, Southampton, England
|
|
Yard-No.:
|
| Tender
price: |
| Material:
steel |
| |
| Anchor:
mushroom anchor |
|
| Lantern:
Dioptic Paraffin Vapour Burner 55 mm |
|
Elevation: 32 feet (ca. 9.75 m) |
| Range:
12 sm |
|
| Fog
horn: 1 x 1.5 HP Hornsby Oil driving |
History
| 1914-1978 |
"Mouse", "Mid-Barrow"
and "Calshot Spit" station
|
| 10/1987 |
decommissioned |
| 25.01.1988 |
sold
to the new owner Ocean Village PLC placed ashore at the Ocean Village
Marina in Southampton |
|
Today
|
     
Little attention has been given to her since that time, what
a shame, but her original appearance has largely been preserved.
The lightship is owned by Wilson Bowden City Homes today. Work
is due to start towards the end of 2007 on the construction of
the last phase of the Admiral's Quay development in and around
the lightship's present site, which may result in the historic
ship needing to find another home. I really hope that this important
part of Southampton's maritime heritage can be saved for present
and future generations and find a prominent new home on Southampton's
waterfront.
Visitor address:
LV78 Calshot Spit
Ocean Village Marina
Southhampton
England
If someone
has news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
|
|
