built by H. Robb Ltd, Leith; construction iron shell and floors, steel framing; five watertight bulkheads; steel mast and fixed lantern; mizzen mast carrying day mark

decommissioned and sold to the Scout Association of Ireland. Moored in Dun Laoghaire Harbour and used as a sea cadet training ship.

In 1999 Dorothy Cross discovered the decommissioned lightship in a Dublin dockyard. It was painted a luminous green for an arts festival for the project 'Ghost Ship' (International Nissan Art Project Award). The Ghost Ship is a personal homage to the many light ships which once marked dangerous reefs around the Irish coast, but have now all but disappeared. The ship is covered in luminous paint and at nightfall is illuminated to glow and fade in cycles over a three hour period. Dorothy Cross sees Ghost Ship as honoring "the memory of the lightships whose presence was held dear around the Irish coast". Her goal was not to recreate the ship's outmoded function, but rather to illuminate its disappearance. Ghost ship offered viewers the gift of time slowed down for the contemplation of loss - an ongoing process with its own poignant beauty. The project took place from February 3rd-21st 1999 in Scotsmans' Bay, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland nightly from 7.30 to 10.30 pm.

Later the hull was painted black and the lightship, along with some other small vessels, appeared as a set in the movie "Reign of Fire" in which fire breathing dragons attack London (parts of Dublin being "London").

In 2000 the lightship was bought by James Tyrell of Arklow. The lantern was placed on the North Quay in Arklow whilst the ship was taken back to Dublin and berthed at the entrance to the Grand Canal Basin close to the East Link bridge.

Today the Albatross is still in Dublin. She has been moved from the entrance of the Grand Canal to the Pigeon House Harbour, near the power station. It is said that it is the intention to eventually convert Albatross into a houseboat or yacht.

If anyone has news I would be grateful for an e-mail.