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Technical
data
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Length o.a.:
134 feet (ca. 40,85 m)
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Length: 119,6
feet (ca. 36,45 m)
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| Beam:
25 feet (ca. 7,62 m) |
| Draught:
15 feet (ca. 4,57 m) |
| Displacement:
519 tons (fully loaded) |
| Authority:
Trinity House, London |
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Year of construction:
1938
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Shipyard:
Phillip & Son, Dartmouth, Devon, England
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Yard-No.:
848
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| Tender
price: 27,207 £, profit: 5,147 £ |
| Material:
steel (riveted) |
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History
| June
1937 |
ordered by Trinity House, London
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| November
1st, 1938 |
launched
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| January
27th, 1939 |
handed over to Trinity House, London
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| 1939
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Galloper station
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| 13.12.1941-20.05.1942 |
Mine watching vessel in the River Thames
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| 1947-1953
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East Goodwin station
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| 1954-1974
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Galloper station
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| 1981 |
automated by Holman & Sons at Penzance
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| 1996 |
converted to solar power
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| 1998 |
Inner Dowsing station
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| 2000 |
Sunk station
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| January
2001 |
stationed at Foxtrot-3 at the northern end of the English Channel
separation zone
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| August
2002 |
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September
2004
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Trinity House sold the lightship for 20,000 Pound Sterling by
auction.
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| January
2005 |
The lightship
had been towed to the east end of London and the new owner, who
is a photographer, converted it into a photographic studio and
location. There
are a great variety of different spaces to use and a spectacular
view over the Thames and the Millennium Dome. For all the location
details please visit to: www.shootspaces.com
If anyone has news,
I would be grateful for an e-mail.
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