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Technical
data
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Length o.a.:
137.25 feet (ca. 41,83 m)
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Length: 119
feet (ca. 36,27 m)
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| Beam:
25 feet (ca. 7,62 m) |
| Draught:
15 feet (ca. 4,57 m) |
| Net
tonnage: 267 |
| Authority:
Trinity House, London |
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Year of construction:
1946
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Shipyard:
Philip & Son, Dartmouth, Devon, England
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Yard-No.:
1137
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| Tender
price: 49,759 £, profit: 7,791 £ |
| Material:
steel (riveted) |
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History
| April
1945 |
ordered by
Trinity House, London
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| 1947 |
 
Light vessel
No. 5 moored off the Noss yard awaiting delivery. Handed over
to Trinity House, initially on Shambles station
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| 1963 |
South
Goodwin station |
| 1972 |
Tongue
station |
| 1973-1976 |
Falls
station |
| 1977 |
Varne
station |
| 1984 |
automated by Holman & Sons, Penzance. The original optic from
the lantern is in the Ramsgate Maritime Museum |
| April
22nd, 1988 |
the
last light vessel withdrawn from the North Goodwin station |
| 1995 |
first
lightship on the new acquired Sandettie station |
| 1995 |
Greenwich
station |
| 2001
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Sandettie
station
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2003 |
Greenwich station
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Today |
The lightship
is still in the Trinity House fleet and used as a solar powered
automatic light vessel
If anyone
has news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
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