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Technical
data
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Length o.a.:
133 feet (ca. 40,54 m)
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Length: 114
feet (ca. 34,75 m)
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| Beam:
26.5 feet (ca. 8,08 m) |
| Draught:
12.5 feet (ca. 3,81 m) |
| Net
tonnage: |
| Authority:
Trinity House, London |
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Year of construction:
1962
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Shipyard:
Philip & Son, Dartmouth, Devon, England
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Yard-No.:
1329
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| Contract
price: |
| Material:
steel (riveted) |
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History
| June
1962 |
ordered by
Trinity House, London
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| May
23rd, 1963 |
launched |
| September
24th, 1963 |
handed
over to Trinity House
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| 1963-1966 |
Kentish Knock station |
| 1976-1979 |
North
Goodwin station |
| 1980 |
converted
to automatic light vessel |
| March
2001 until October 20th, 2003 |
Channel station
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| April
10th, 2004 |
Routine maintenance
and painting before sending the lightship out to another station
at Trinity Pier, Harwich. No. 20 had been temporarily stationed
close to the SMALLS (West coast of Wales) where Trinity House had
switched off the lighthouse while they converted it to solar and
wind turbine power. |
| Today |
The lightship is still in the Trinity House fleet and used
as an automatic light vessel
If anyone
has news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
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