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Oldest surviving wooden lightship; Built for Trinity House, positioned at the Spurn light station off Yorkshire until that station was taken over by the Humber Conservancy Board; she afterwards served at Calshot Spit, of Hampshire, and, from 1873, the Inner Dowsing sandbank off Lincolnshire. [66] Sevenstones Lightship (1841) 1 Sep 1841
Light Vessel 16 is a former Trinity House lightship originally stationed off Yorkshire, England. Built in 1840, she is the oldest surviving wooden lightship. Light Vessel 16 served as a navigational aid off the British coast until 1945, when she was sold to Benfleet Yacht Club. The club converted her into a bar and clubhouse and moored her on ...
Light Vessel 95 (known as Lightship 95) is a former lightship that has been used as a recording studio since the early 2000s. She was built by Philip and Son at Dartmouth, Devon , in 1939 for Trinity House , the body responsible for provision of maritime navigation aids in England and Wales.
The licence was opposed by Trinity House, which considered that it possessed a monopoly on construction and maintenance of navigation aids in British waters. After extensive legal dispute the licence was revoked in 1732 and Trinity House assumed direct responsibility for the proposed lightship; Hamblin and Avery were granted nominal lease ...
Lightship95, originally commissioned by Trinity House (a 500 year old company started by Henry VIII) was built in Portsmouth in 1939. It is one of the finest and possibly one of the last examples of an all-riveted steel ship beautifully made to withstand all weather conditions and frequent collisions.
Lightvessel No.11 was a lightvessel that was in service in the Irish Sea from 1951 to 1988. [1] She was built in 1951 for Trinity House by Philip & Son Ltd in Dartmouth, England.
The open house as we know it started in 1978, Stearns wrote, three years after it was deemed a historic landmark. Before then, guided tours were offered on an "ad hoc basis." Now, tours are self ...
Trinity House, London (January 2007) A meeting at Trinity House c. 1808 The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, [3] also known as Trinity House (and formally as The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent), is the official authority for ...