Spurn Lightship Explained
-- commercial vessels -->| Ship Image: | Spurn Lightship Post-Refurb, March 2023.jpg | | Ship Caption: | Spurn docked in Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Ship Name: | Spurn | | Ship Country: | United Kingdom | | Ship Owner: | Hull City Council | | Ship Builder: | Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd, Goole[1] | | Ship Launched: | 1927 | | Ship Completed: | 1927 | | Ship Out Of Service: | 1975 | | Ship Status: | Museum ship |
| Ship Type: | Lightvessel | | Ship Length: | 100feet | | Ship Beam: | 24feet | | Ship Draught: | 10feet | | Ship Depth: | 14.5feet |
| |
|---|
The Spurn Lightship (LV No. 12) is a lightvessel (i.e. a ship used as a lighthouse), previously anchored in Hull Marina in the British city of Kingston upon Hull, England. It was relocated to a shipyard in October 2021 for restoration, prior to becoming a display together with the Arctic Corsair.
The ship was built in 1927 and served for 48 years as a navigation aid in the approaches of the Humber Estuary, where it was stationed east of Spurn Point.
The lightship was decommissioned in 1975 and bought/restored by Hull City Council in 1983 before being moved to Hull Marina as a museum in 1987. The museum closed in June 2018, in preparation for the vessel being relocated in September, to facilitate a footbridge being constructed over the adjacent A63. Initially it was expected that the museum would reopen in 2021 after undergoing conservation work and a relocation to a new position on the marina.[2] [3]
Restoration
The ship was moved to a private shipyard in October 2021 for restoration, having been static for 34 years. Part of a £30 million project, after renovation in a dry dock with completion anticipated for 2023, it will be displayed together with the Arctic Corsair trawler.[4] [5] Following restoration it was returned to the marina on 9 March 2023.[6] It was relocated in February 2024 to a newly constructed mooring in the marina near to Murdoch's Connection footbridge.[7]
References
- Web site: Spurn Lightship . Puffinpost . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308214856/http://www.spurn.puffinpost.com/spurn.php . 8 March 2012.
External links
- Web site: Spurn Lightship. Hull City Council.
- Web site: Spurn Lightship . Puffinpost . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308214632/http://www.spurn.puffinpost.com/ . 8 March 2012.
Notes and References
- Web site: Light Vessel 12 Spurn. 23 October 2016.
- News: Spurn Lightship will be moved as footbridge is built over A63. 30 May 2018. Hull Daily Mail. 4 June 2018.
- News: Hull's Spurn Lightship moves berth for bridge works. 5 September 2018. BBC News. BBC. 16 September 2018.
- News: Spurn lightship: Hull's historic vessel towed to new berth. BBC News. 12 October 2021. 12 October 2021.
- News: New visitor attraction set to open in Hull after funding granted for restoration of historic vessels. The Yorkshire Post. 6 September 2021. 12 October 2021.
- News: Spurn Lightship: Floating lighthouse returns to Hull Marina. Airey. Tom. 9 March 2023. BBC News. 9 March 2023.
- News: Spurn lightship towed to new berth after refit. 27 February 2024. BBC News. 27 February 2024.
