Lichtschip nummer 10
TEXEL

- active lightship from 1952 to 1994 -



 

Position: 53°1,5' North - 41°21,5' East
Position today: 52° 57' North - 04° 46' East

 

Ship data

Length overall.: 45,40 m

Length: 39 m

Beam: 7,92 m

Depth: 2,88 m

Displacement: 493 t

 
 

Builder: Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder, Netherlands
Year of construction: 1952
 
Elevation: 16 m
Character: Fl (3+1) W 20 s
Focal distance: 300 mm
 
Anchor: 3 mushroom anchor of 750 kg each
 

Crew: 11 men

 

Geschichte:

11.08.1951 launched

30.09.1952 first day of service

01.10.52-08.04.53 Station "Texel"

08.05.53-12.08.54 Station "Texel"

24.09.54-08.06.55 Station "Texel"

17.06.55-01.03.57 Station "Texel"

16.05.57-29.06.59 Station "Texel"

06.08.59-24.07.61 Station "Texel"

25.10.61-07.05.63 Station "Texel"

26.06.63-19.05.65 Station "Texel"

09/67-01.11.71 Station "Texel"

01.11.71-16.04.75 Station "Terschellingerbank"

1976 conversion to automatic lightvesset at Sleephelling Mij. in Scheveningen

07.04.77-28.03.78 Station "Texel"

02.05.78-01.05.79 Station "Texel"

12.06.79-27.05.80 Station "Texel"

08.07.80-27.09.83 Station "Texel"

14.11.85-08.02.87 Station "Noord-Hinder"

25.03.87-21.08.87 Station "Vlieland Center"

31.08.87-16.11.88 Station "Texel"

11.04.89-02.05.89 Station "Texel"

23.05.89-18.10.89 Station "Noord-Hinder"

18.10.90-09.02.93 Station "Noord-Hinder"

21.03.1994 decommissioned

Since 1995 museum vessel in the harbour of Den Helder. The lighthip is the oldest lightvessel of the Netherlands. Volunteers under supervision of Nanne Voska and Lyda van der Steen are rebuilding and restoring the lightship to its condition from the times before it had been automated


Visitor address:
Oude Rijkswerf Willemsoord
Weststraat 1
NL-1781BW Den Helder

Opening hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm

Entrance fees:
1,50 Euro per person

For more information:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~texel-no10/index.html
http://www.texel-no10.de/index-uk.htm

 

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