Trinity House lightvessels
The central records of the lightvessels operated by Trinity House were lost when Trinity House was bombed in 1940.
| Name | LV number | Image | Entered service | Shipbuilder & yard no. | Stations served on | Decommissioned | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Mouse 2  | 1 |  | 1946 | Philip and Son | 1993 | In 1993 she was decommissioned and sold to Dean & Reddyhoff Ltd., Southampton, for use as marina club house at Gosport, Hampshire. [1] | |
| Light vessel no. 3 | 3 | 1947 | Philip and Son | Varne [2] (from 1981), Channel [3] , Outer Gabbard [3] , Kentish Knock [3] , Owers | Sank off the coast of Israel in 2000. [4] | ||
| Scarweather | 4 |  | 1947 | Philip and Son | 1989 | In 1991 was sold to the Musée de Bateau in Douarnenez, France, for £40,000. She has been restored and renamed "Scarweather". [5] | |
| Light vessel no. 5 | 5 | 1947 | Philip and Son | Greenwich, South Goodwin (1961), Tongue (1973), Falls (from 1973 until 1976), Varne (1977) | She was deployed as relief lightship to replace vessels undergoing refit or otherwise out of commission. She served on many stations; her last was the South Goodwin, before being withdrawn from service for conversion to unmanned operation. [6] | ||
| Jenni Baynton | 8 |  | 1949 | Philip and Son | Kentish Knock [7] (from 1949 until 1953), Outer Gabbard [7] (from 1962 until 1965), Tongue [7] | 1991 | In 2005 Radio Waddenzee bought the lightship and towed it from Rotterdam to Harlingen, Netherlands, where she is used as a radio station. [8] |
| Breeveertien | 11 |  | 1951 | Philip and Son 1223 | Morecambe Bay, St Gowan | 21 Oct 1988 | Saved from scrap and towed to the repair yard in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Rebuilt into a maritime restaurant. |
| Feuerschiff | 13 |  | 1952 | Philip and Son | 10 Mar 1989 | Transferred to Hamburg in 1991, where she was used as a restaurant and hotel. | |
| Lightship 2000 | 14 |  | 27 Nov 1953 | Philip and Son 1246 | 1991 | Opened in 2000 in Cardiff as a church ship; removed from Cardiff docks on financial grounds on 18 May 2015 and towed to Sharpness for drydocking and refurbishment. The press had stated that it was to become a floating museum at Newnham in Gloucestershire and was reported as being seen there in August 2016. | |
| Trinity | 15 |  | 1954 | Philip and Son [9] | Morecambe Bay [10] , Scarweather, Channel, St Gowan, Helwick, Dudgeon, Breaksea | 1987 | Now used by a church charity Fellowship Afloat at the mouth of the River Blackwater at Tollesbury in Essex. [11] |
| TS Colne Light | 16 |  | 1954 | Philip and Son | 1988 | Currently serves as the Sea Cadets training ship TS Colne Light moored at the Hythe Quay in Colchester. [12] | |
| LV17 | 17 | 1954 [13] | Foxtrot 3 [13] (2006), South Goodwin | ||||
| Lightvessel 18 | 18 |  | Philip and Son [14] | 1997 | Used by pirate radio nostalgia stations (RSLs & BBC Essex) from 1999 to 2007, and in 2011 was restored and opened to the public at Harwich. From 2018 to present day she has been the home of Radio Mi Amigo pirate radio revivals. [15] | ||
| Lightvessel no. 21 | 21 |  | 1963 | Philip and Son | Varne [16] (from 1980), East Goodwin | 2008 | On 28 June 1981 she was struck and heavily damaged by Ore Meteor under tow. [17] Now in private ownership and has been converted into a floating art centre and performance venue. Currently moored at St Andrew's Quay, Gravesend, Kent. [18] |
| Planet | 23 |  | 1960 | Philip and Son | Mersey Bar (from 1960 until 1972), Channel (1989) | 1991 | In 1989, when on the Channel station, was Trinity Houses's last manned lightvessel. [19] In 1991 she became a museum ship in Birkenhead [19] [20] She was removed from Liverpool on 21 September 2016 and, in 2017, was the subject of an ownership dispute in Sharpness docks. [21] |
| Gull Stream | 38 |  | 1860 | Brake (from 1930 until 1940), Lynn Well [22] , Gull [22] , Mouse [22] (until 1941) | 1941 | Rammed and sunk on 18 March 1929 by the City of York, resulting in the death of Captain Williams of the lightship. In 1947 it was bought for £750 by Thurrock Yacht Club, and towed to Grays to become the club's headquarters. It was last used as a clubhouse in 1971. The Gull was then abandoned and now suffers from regular acts of vandalism and degradation through river action. [23] It was scrapped at Grays in 2011. [24] | |
| Light vessel no. 44 | 44 |  | 1869 | Charles Hill & Sons | Newarp | 1945 | Now lies derelict at Pitsea Country Park. |
| Tyne III | 50 | 1879 | Fletcher, Son and Fearnall | Sevenstones (from Sep 1879 until 1883), Shambles [25] (from 1891 until 1909), Outer Gabbard [26] (1911), Galloper [25] (1929), Warner [25] (1940), Calshot Spit [25] (1943) | 1952 [27] | Bought by the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club in 1952 for use as a clubhouse. [28] [29] | |
| John Sebastian | 55 |  | 1886 | Charles Hill & Sons | 1953 | In service until springing a leak in 1953 and was towed to Barry Docks for repair. Later sold as a burnt-out wreck in 1954 to the Cabot Cruising Club in Bristol, located in Bathurst Basin. | |
| East Oaze | 60 | 8 Jul 1888 | Robert Stephenson and Company 7 | 1 Nov 1940 [30] | Sunk in an air raid in November 1940. [31] | ||
| Light vessel no. 67 | 67 | Now a wreck somewhere off the west coast of the British Isles.[ citation needed ] | |||||
| Lightvessel no. 68 | 68 | Haisborough [32] , Operation Overlord [33] | 16 July to 11 November 1944 on "Kansas" station | ||||
| Light vessel no. 69 | 69 | South Goodwin [34] (until Oct 1940) | 21 Oct 1940 | Destroyed by a mine on 21 October 1940 while on station at South Goodwin. [35] | |||
| Light vessel no. 70 | 70 | 15 Dec 1902 [36] | John Crown & Sons Ltd 109 | Morecambe Bay [37] (1903) | 16 Jul 1903 | Vessel lost due to a collision with Abbott on 16 July 1903. [38] | |
| Light Vessel 72 | 72 |  | 30 Mar 1903 [36] | John Crown & Sons Ltd 111 | English and Welsh Grounds, Juno Beach | 1973 | Saw service on D Day: carrying the name JUNO the ship marked a safe passage through a minefield for the landing craft en route to the invasion beaches. She was sold out of service in 1973 to Steel Supply Co., Neath for scrapping. She is now lying in poor condition, severely listing on a mud berth near the River Neath's Swing Bridge and does not float. [39] |
| Light vessel no. 75 | 75 | 1906 [40] | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company [40] 793 [40] | South Folkestone Gate [41] , Varne [42] | 14 Aug 1940 [42] | Moved from Varne to South Folkestone Gate and sunk by Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers on 14 August 1940 [43] | |
| Lightvessel no. 78 | 78 |  | 1914 | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Calshot Spit [44] | Formerly plinthed ashore at Ocean Village, in 2010 she was moved to Southampton Docks for a planned restoration. [45] Moved to Solent Sky Museum in December 2019. [46] | |
| T.S. Orwell | 80 |  | 1914 | H & C Grayson | Sevenstones (from 1947 until 1958), St Gowan | 1977 | Last seen at Hoo St Werburgh in 2004. [47] |
| LV83 | 83 | 1927 | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company 301 | Newarp [48] | Sank in 1967 after a collision, and lies at the bottom of the North Sea off Easington, Cleveland. | ||
| LV86 | 86 |  | 1931 | J. Samuel White | Nore [49] (from 1941 until 1942), Cork [49] (from 1946 until 1962), Edinburgh Channel [50] | 1974 | Now used as a houseboat at Hoo Marina in Kent. [51] |
| Light vessel no. 87 | 87 | 1932 [52] | A. & J. Inglis 914 | East Goodwin, Outer Dowsing (from 1947) | 1973 | now belongs to the Haven Ports Yacht Club in Suffolk. [53] | |
| T.S. Lord Nelson | 88 | 1936 [54] | Philip and Son | Cockle (from 1936), Cork [50] | 1977 | Last seen in Rochester in 2004. [55] | |
| Light Vessel no. 89 | 89 |  | 19 Jun 1936 | Philip and Son | Nore, Lynn Well | 1974 [56] | Became a pub in Bristol, and was broken up in 1995. [57] |
| Light vessel no. 90 | 90 | 25 Sep 1937 | Philip and Son 838 | South Goodwin | 27 Nov 1954 [58] | Sank in a storm in 1954 with the loss of all lives except one. [59] [60] | |
| Helwick | 91 |  | 1937 | Philip and Son 839 | Humber [61] (from 1937 until 1971), Helwick (from 1971 until 1977) | 1977 | Now an exhibit in the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea. [62] |
| Light vessel no. 93 | 93 |  | 1939 | Philip and Son 848 | East Goodwin [63] (from 1947 until 1953), Galloper [63] (from 1954 until 1974), Inner Dowsing [63] (1998), Foxtrot 3 (from 2001) | 2004 | She is now in use as a photographic studio and location in London Docklands. [64] |
| LV94 | 94 | 1939 | Philip and Son | Morecambe Bay, Shipwash | 1990 | In 2008 it was moored in Amsterdam and hired out for events. [65] | |
| Light vessel no. 95 | 95 |  | 1939 | Philip and Son | Inner Dowsing [66] | 2003 | On 1 December 1966, on the Varne station, she unknowingly dragged anchor in a gale and was found to be 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off-station; she was restored to her correct position on 3 December. [67] Sold in 2004. In 2011 she was being used as a recording studio at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. [68] |
