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Technical
data
| Length o.a.: ca. 41,80 m |
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Length: 116.5
feet (ca. 35,50 m)
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| Beam:
25 feet (ca. 7,62 m) |
| Draught:
15 feet (ca. 4,57 m) |
| Authority:
Commissioners of Irish Lights, Dublin |
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Year of construction:
1960
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Shipyard:
Phillip & Son, Dartmouth, Devon, England
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Yard-No.:
1303
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| Tender
price: 133,398 £, profit: 6,229 £ |
| Material:
steel |
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History
| September
1957 |
ordered by Commissioners of Irish Lights, Dublin
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| February
2nd, 1960 |
launched
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| June
30th, 1960 |
handed over
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| 1981-1982
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converted to an automatic light float
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| March
30th, 2001 |
replaced on Coningbeg station in order to be overhauled
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| November
2004 |
spare lightship (kept in Dun Laoghaire harbour)
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| December 2004 |
decommissioned and sold by the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
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| June 13th, 2005 |
The new owner is Arklow Shipping. The tug SEA TROGAN towed the lightship
to Arklow today.
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| January 2006 |
The lightship was offered for sale for 50,000 Pounds.
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| September 2007 |
It is told, that SKUA was sold and will have a new berth in the
near future. If
someone has news, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
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