Trinity House
Lightvessel No. 86

NORE

 

- active lightship from 1931 until 1974 -

 

 

Ship data

Length o.a.: 86 feet (ca. 26,21 m)

Breadth: 21.50 feet (ca. 6,55 m)
Draught: 9.50 feet (ca. 2,90 m)
Gross tonnage: 186

Authority: Trinity House, London, England

Year of construction: 1931

Ship yard: J.S. White Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Material: steel
 
Populsion: no
 
Latern: Dioptric Electric Fixed Latern, driven by D.C. electricity
Range: 9 sm
 
Anchor: Mushroom anchor (3 t)
 

Fog horn: Reed, driven by 2 x 1,5 HP Crossley with Reval Air Compressors

 

History:

1931 Commissioned

1931-1974 Edinburgh and Cork stations

1974-1995 Decommissioned and sold to Taylor Woodrow Maritime Heritage Site, St. Katherines Dock in London, renamed NORE, used as office

1996 sold to a private owner, who uses it as a residential ship in Port Werburgh Marina in Hoo near Rochester at the river Medway

Help needed:
I am looking for more information about the history of the ship. There are hints that the ship had been built 1931 or 1936. Which is right?

 

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