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Technical
data
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Length o.a.:
35.51 m
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Length: 31.70
m
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| Beam:
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| Draught:
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| Displacement:
317 t |
| Authority:
Trinity House, London |
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Year of construction:
1914
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Shipyard:
H & C Grayson, Liverpool, England
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Yard-No.:
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| Tender
price: |
| Material:
steel and iron |
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History
| 1947-1948 |
Seven Stones station
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| March
1948 |
breaking
adrift
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| 1948-1950
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Seven Stones
station
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| November
1950 |
major failure
of the Hornsby engine
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| 1950-1958
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Seven
Stones station
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| 1958-1977 |
reserve-lightvessel
on the East Coast relieving newer vessels, when they where withdrawn
for refit
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| May
1977 |
withdrawn
and sold to become the headquarter for the Sea Cadets Corps in
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, renamed in T.S. Orwell and used as
a training-ship for the Sea Cadets. During this time the lightship
lost all its machinery and its optic
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| October
2004
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sold
for 5,000 £ to be scrapped against the wish of the members
and even if there are people who probably would like to buy the
ship and use it as an office
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| November
24th, 2004 |
  
the tugboat GOLIATH towed the ligthship from Ipswich to
Hoo near Rochester
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December
2004
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the lightship
was not scrapped but was for sale at Sothebys for 85,000 £.
If someone has news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
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