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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. 36.27m)
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| Beam:
25 feet (ca. 7.62 m) |
| Draught:
15 feet (ca. 4.57 m) |
| Authority:
Trinity House, London |
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Year of construction:
1947
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Shipyard:
Philip & Son, Dartmouth, Devon, England
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Yard-No.:
1169
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| Tender
price: 61,705 £, profit: 7,471 £ |
| Material:
steel (riveted) |
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History
| November
1946 |
ordered by Trinity House, London
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| May
7th, 1948 |
launched
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| 1948-1954 |
Breaksea station
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| 1971 |
painted green to mark the famous wreck of the Texaco Caribbean
in the Straits of Dover
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| 1973 |
in Great Yarmouth at Trinity House Depot
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| 1984 |
automation by Humber Ship Repairers Ltd.
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Eddystone station
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| 1995 |
Newarp station
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March 23rd, 2001
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in service as automatic light vessel on South Goodwin station
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| October 20th, 2003 |
Sandettie station
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| 2005 |
still in the fleet of Trinity House as solarised light vessel
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