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Technical
data
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Length o.a.:
87.44 feet (26,67 m)
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Length: 79.44
feet (24,23 m)
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| Beam:
20.98 feet (6,40 m) |
| Draught:
10.98 feet (3,35 m) |
| Displacement:
158 t |
| Authority:
Trinity House, London |
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Year of construction:
1840
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Shipyard:
it is thought that she was built by William Pitcher of Northfleet
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Yard-No.:
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| Tender
price: |
| Material:
wood |
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History
| 1840 |
ordered by Trinity House, London |
| 1840-1945 |
SPURN, CALSHOT SPIT and INNER DOWSING station |
| 1945 |
sold by Trinity House to the Benfleet Yacht Club |
| 1983 |
transferred to a berth at the Medway Bridge Marina |
| 1984 |
opened as a private members club |
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From 1989 until 2008
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the lightship was used as the "Inner Dowsing Bar and Restaurant"
at the Medway Bridge Marina in Rochester. The hull remains a good
example of a wooden lightship, but the mast, lantern and most
deck and interior fittings have been removed to provide increased
accomodation.
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| 2009 |
The lightvessel is under reconstruction, the restaurant is closed.
Visitor address:
Inner
Dowsing Lightship
Manor
Lane, Rochester
Kent ME1 3HS
UK
If anyone
has a photo or any news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
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