Greenwich Lightvessel Explained
| -- commercial vessels --> | +Greenwich| Ship Image: | Greenwich Light Vessel Automatic, English Channel (geograph 5684240).jpg | | Ship Caption: | Greenwich Lightvessel and Seven Sisters Cliffs |
| Ship Namesake: | Greenwich Meridian | | Ship Country: | United Kingdom | | Ship Operator: | Trinity House | | Ship Builder: | Philip & Son, Dartmouth | | Ship In Service: | 1947 | | Ship Status: | Active as of 2020 |
| Ship Type: | Lightvessel | | Ship Tonnage: | 267 tonnes | | Ship Length: | 40m (130feet) | | Ship Beam: | 8m (26feet) | | Ship Draught: | 4.5m (14.8feet) |
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Greenwich is a
lightvessel station in the
English Channel, off the coast of
East Sussex. It is operated by
Trinity House.
[1] It is one of the 22
coastal weather stations whose conditions are reported in the
BBC Shipping Forecast but was dropped from broadcasts some time during 2019, before being reinstated. The name of the station derives from the fact that is located close to the
Greenwich (or Prime)
Meridian.
The vessel currently on this station is the solar powered Trinity House Lightvessel No. 5, built in 1946 and in active service at various stations around the British coast since 1947.[2]
References
- Web site: Notice to mariners . . 9 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923124650/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariner_info/notice_to_mariners/d/09102012.html . 23 September 2015 . dmy-all .
Notes and References
- Web site: Greenwich Lightvessel . . 2017-02-08.
- Web site: Trinity House Lightvessel No. 5 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012054/http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIFFE/ENGLAND/lv05/lv5gb.htm . 2015-09-24 . 14 January 2014.
