Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic

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Sandettie
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LV Sandettie being moved by MV Alert
History
Trinity House Ensign.svg United Kingdom
NamesakeSandettie Bank
Operator Trinity House
BuilderForges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (1947–1948)
Launched1949
Out of service1989 (previous vessel)
Identification MMSI number: 992351029
Fate Museum ship (previous vessel)
General characteristics
Type Lightvessel
Displacement450 tons
Length47.5 m (156 ft)
Beam7.65 m (25.1 ft)
Draft3.5 m (11 ft)
Speed6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Dunkerque Sandettie 2.jpg
Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic
Coordinates 51°09.6′N1°47.1′E / 51.1600°N 1.7850°E / 51.1600; 1.7850 Coordinates: 51°09.6′N1°47.1′E / 51.1600°N 1.7850°E / 51.1600; 1.7850
Operator Trinity House
Fog signal 1 blast of 3 seconds every 30 seconds
Racon T (–)
Admiralty no.A0994  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
ARLHS no. FRA590
First lit1989  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Focal height12 m (39 ft)
Range15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Characteristic Fl 5s
NGA no. 114-8932 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic is a lightvessel stationed in the North Sea. It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast. [1] The vessel is named after her location on the Sandettie Bank, due north of Calais and due east of the South Foreland. The ship has no engine and is not crewed. Its lights are powered by solar panels.

The previous Sandettie lightship was taken out of service in 1989 and is now a museum ship moored in Dunkirk harbour museum (fr). [2] [3] In 2019 Simon Armitage published a collection of poems named Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic after the lightvessel. [4]

The previous Sandettie light ship in Dunkerque harbour Dunkerque Sandettie 2.jpg
The previous Sandettie light ship in Dunkerque harbour

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References

  1. "Sandettie Lightvessel". Trinity House .
  2. "Story of light-ship Sandettie". MarMuCommerce. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  3. "Musée Portuaire de Dunkerque - 1 musée, 3 bateaux, 1 phare... Et même plus !". Musée Portuaire de Dunkerque. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. Faber & Faber.