Lichtschip no. 9
 

- active lightship from 1933 until 1979 -

 

 

Position as Terschellingerbank: 53° 27' North, 4° 52' East
Terschellingerbank from 1960: 53° 29,5' North, 5° 08' East

 

Technical data

Length: 42,60 m

Beam: 7,67 m
Draft: 2,82 m
Side hight: 4,50 m

Displacement: 424 t
 

Shipyard: Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder, Netherlands
Year of construction: 1933
 
Illumination: 4000-watt lightbulb
Elevation: 20 m
 
Anchor: mushroom anchor
 

Crew: 14 men

 

History:

06.09.1933 commissioned initially for Terschellingerbank station

09/1933-03/1940 Terschellingerbank station

1945-1948 during WW II the lightship was sunk by English airplanes. It was raised in 1948 and completely restored at the Rijkswerf Willemsoord in Den Helder, Netherlands

1948 commissioned again

04.12.1948-18.11.1948 Terschellingerbank station

22.11.1949-09.08.1950 Terschellingerbank station

30.08.1950-19.06.1951 Terschellingerbank station

10.07.1951-10.01.1953 Terschellingerbank station

14.04.1953-01.06.1954 Terschellingerbank station

01.09.1954-29.08.1955 Terschellingerbank station

31.10.1955-26.07.1957 Terschellingerbank station

11.10.1957-13.08.1959 Terschellingerbank station

12/1959-07.04.1961 Terschellingerbank station

13.07.1961-15.01.1962 Terschellingerbank station

18.01.1962-15.02.1962 Terschellingerbank station

18.04.1962-22.07.1963 Terschellingerbank station

09.10.1962-07.07.1964 Terschellingerbank station

04.08.1964-06.06.1965 Terschellingerbank station

22.09.1965-06.06.1967 Terschellingerbank station

01.10.1967-01.11.1971 Terschellingerbank station

1971 reserve lightship

1972-12.09.1978 alternating with lichtschip no. 12 at the Noord-Hinder station

12.09.1978-07.11.1978 Noord-Hinder station

1979 decommissioned and used as a kiosk ship in Walsoorden until today

1984 the latern mast is used as a landmark in the yacht harbour of Monnickendam until today

2003 the lightship seems to be all alone. If anyone knows, who the present owner is, I would be grateful for an e-mail

 

 

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