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Lightvessel

A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship which acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction...

or lightfloat previously stationed off the coast of Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. The Commissioners of Irish Lights

Commissioners of Irish Lights

The Commissioners of Irish Lights is the body that serves as the lighthouse authority for Ireland plus its adjacent seas and islands...

are responsible for the majority of marine navigation aids around the island of Ireland.

Lightvessels

Guillemot: built 1921/23 - sold 1968 - set in concrete as the Kilmore Quay
Kilmore Quay
Kilmore Quay is a fishing village near Duncormick, in County Wexford, Ireland. It has a population of 417.It is a fishing village, but its leisure facilities such as sailing, and sea angling charters are also of significant economic importance....

Maritime Museum retains much original equipment and fittings
Kittiwake: built 1955 - Currently sold and docked in Dun Laoghaire. There is a superbuoy in its place. It was removed from station in 2009.
Osprey: built 1953/55 - sold 1975 - now known as Le Batofar
Le Batofar
LV Osprey entered service as a Light Vessel for the Commissioners of Irish Lights in 1955. On 9 May 1975 she was sold to the New Ross Harbour Commissioners for use as a floating oil berth, pilot station and harbour store. On March 1998 she was sold again and moored on the Seine. Le Batofar...

, a nightclub/pub moored on the Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...

in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
Petrel
Petrel Lightvessel
The Petrel lightvessel currently moors in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, at Ballydorn.-History:The year of construction is not clear - some records say 1911, others 1917 - the reason for this discrepancy is unclear. The records of The Commissioners of Irish Lights say 1913/15 - so we hope this...

: built 1913/15 - sold 1968 - club house for Down
County Down
-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

Cruising Club in Ballydorn
Puffin Lightvessel
Puffin Lightvessel
Puffin Lightvessel was a lightvessel situated at Daunt Rock, 25 miles south west of Roche's Point near Cork harbour entrance and was in the care of the Commissioners of Irish Lights....

, Roche's Point, Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

- washed away in 1896

Name	Built	By	Where	Length	Breadth	Depth	Frame	Fate	Notes
Palmer’s Light	1735									1768		Replaced by
Richmond	1806						Oak Oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...	Oak, teak Teak Teak is the common name for the tropical hardwood tree species Tectona grandis and its wood products. Tectona grandis is native to south and southeast Asia, mainly India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Burma, but is naturalized and cultivated in many countries, including those in Africa and the... and elm Elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the plant family Ulmaceae. The dozens of species are found in temperate and tropical-montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ranging southward into Indonesia. Elms are components of many kinds of natural forests...	1,500	1826	Broken up
Seagull	1824	W. Roberts	Milford Haven Milford Haven Milford Haven is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, a natural harbour used as a port since the Middle Ages. The town was founded in 1790 on the north side of the Waterway, from which it takes its name...	67	20	9½	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	1,659	1864	Sold	First purpose-built lightvessel Lightvessel A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship which acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction...
Star	1825	W. Roberts	Milford Haven	67	20	9	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	1,841	1855	sold
Relief	1826	W. Roberts	Milford Haven	67	\|20	9½	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	1,841	1867	Sold
Brilliant	1832	Brady’s	Dublin	67	20	9½	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	1,983	1867	Sold
Seagull II	1853	Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons was a major shipbuilder based in Bristol, England, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Established in 1845, they specialised mainly in merchant and commercial ships, but also undertook the build of warships and governmental vessels especially during the First and Second World...	Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...	82	21	11	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	3,651	1867	Sold.
Petrel	1854	Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons was a major shipbuilder based in Bristol, England, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Established in 1845, they specialised mainly in merchant and commercial ships, but also undertook the build of warships and governmental vessels especially during the First and Second World...	Bristol	82	21	11	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	3,800	1867	Sold.
Brilliant II	1856	Wheeler	Cork County Cork County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...	82	21	11	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	3,200	1913	Sold.
Star II	1857	Wheeler	Cork	82	21	11	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	3,200	1862	Sold.
Star III	1862	Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons was a major shipbuilder based in Bristol, England, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Established in 1845, they specialised mainly in merchant and commercial ships, but also undertook the build of warships and governmental vessels especially during the First and Second World...	Bristol	91	21	10	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	4,189	1911	Sold and scrapped.
Relief II	1863	Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons was a major shipbuilder based in Bristol, England, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Established in 1845, they specialised mainly in merchant and commercial ships, but also undertook the build of warships and governmental vessels especially during the First and Second World...	Bristol	91	21	10	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	4,189	1925	Sold.
Gannet	1865	Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons was a major shipbuilder based in Bristol, England, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Established in 1845, they specialised mainly in merchant and commercial ships, but also undertook the build of warships and governmental vessels especially during the First and Second World...	Bristol	91	21	10	Oak	Oak, teak and elm	4,189	1928	Sold and scrapped.	when stationed at DAUNT, run into by Largo Bay, in 1884
Comet	1867	J & W Dudgeon J & W Dudgeon J & W Dudgeon was a Victorian shipbuilding and engineering company based in Cubitt Town, London, founded by John and William Dudgeon.John and William Dudgeon had established the Sun Iron Works in Millwall in the 1850s, and had a reputation for advanced marine engines. In 1862 they set up as...	Cubitt Town Cubitt Town Cubitt Town is an area on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is on the east of the Isle, facing Greenwich across the River Thames. To the west is Millwall, to the northwest Canary Wharf and to the north, across the Blue Bridge, Blackwall... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	91	21	10	Composite ship Composite ship The technique of composite ship construction emerged in the mid-19th century as the final stage in the evolution of fast commercial sailing ships.... Wrought iron Wrought iron thumb\|The [[Eiffel tower]] is constructed from [[puddle iron]], a form of wrought ironWrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon...	Teak	5,750	1905	Sold and scrapped.
Shamrock	1867	Walpole, Webb & Bewley	Dublin	96	21	10	Oak	Oak, teak and elm sheathed with muntz metal Muntz metal Muntz metal is a form of alpha-beta brass with about 60% copper, 40% zinc and a trace of iron. It is named after George Fredrick Muntz, a metal-roller of Birmingham, England who commercialised the alloy following his patent of 1832.... .	5,125	1936	Sold	day markers were introduced
Osprey	1868	Walpole, Webb & Bewley	Dublin	96	21	10	Wood	Wood	5,125	1915	Sold.
Albatross	1875	Fletcher & Farnall, Milwall	London	91	21	10	Wood	Wood	5,625	8 September 1902	Salvaged and sold.	Run down and sunk on Kish by RMS Leinster.
Cormorant	1878	Victoria Shipbuilding Co	Passage West, Cork	91	21	11	Iron	Two thicknesses of 3-inch teak, sheathed with muntz metal	7,500	1942	Salvaged and sold.	Renamed Lady December and moored at Hoo, Near Rochester, Kent.
Torch	1881	Milford Haven Co	Milford Haven	91	21	11	Iron	Two thicknesses of 3-inch teak, sheathed with muntz metal	8,100	1945	Sold and scrapped.
Puffin	1887	Schlesinger Davis & Co	Wallsend	91	21	11¼	composite	composite	6,000	8 October 1896	Salvaged, beached at Rushbrooke, scrapped on beach.	Sank during storm on Daunt, 8 October 1896, crew of 7 lost.
Shearwater	1894	Allsup & Sons	Preston	96	22⅔	11¾	Steel sheathed with teak	Teak sheathed with muntz metal;	7,900	1955	Sold and scrapped.	watertight bulkhead
Guillemot	1894	Allsup & Sons	Preston	96	22⅔	11¾	Steel sheathed with teak	Teak sheathed with muntz metal;	7,900	28 March 1917	Sunk by a German submarine	crew survived
Kittiwake	1898	Allsup & Sons	Preston	96	24	12	Steel sheathed with teak	Teak sheathed with muntz metal;	7,900	1956	Sold and scrapped.	first to have an engine to work the windlass and the first fitted with oil engines for the siren
Seagull	1901	Allsup & Sons	Preston	96	24	12	Steel sheathed with teak	Teak sheathed with muntz metal;	7,900	28 March 1917	Sunk by a German submarine	Crew survived
Fulmar	1904	J. Reid	Glasgow	96	23	12¼	Steel	Iron	6,600	1964	Sold for scrap	Five watertight bulkheads
Comet II	1904	J. Reid	Glasgow	96	23	12¼	Steel	Iron	6,740	1965	Became Radio Scotland Radio Scotland Radio Scotland was an offshore pirate radio station broadcasting on 1241 kHz mediumwave , created by Tommy Shields in 1965. The station was located on the former lightship M.V...	Crew rescued by 1936
Penguin	1910	Dublin Dockyard	Dublin	100	24	12¼	Steel	Iron	7,230	1966	renamed Hallowe'en, as a Youth Adventure Sea Training Vessel	now privately owned
Tern	1912	L. Hawthorn & Co	Leith	102	24	13¼	Steel	Iron	7,420	1967	Sold and scrapped	Wireless
Petrel	1915	Dublin Dockyard	Dublin	102	24	13¼	Steel	Iron	10,310	1968	Club House for Down Cruising Club, Strangford Lough	now privately owned
Guillemot	1923	Cran & Somerville	Leith	102	24	12½	Steel	Steel	17,700	1968	now Wexford Maritime Museum	Set in concrete at Kilmore Quay
Albatross	1925	H. Robb Ltd	Leith	102	24	13¼	Steel	Iron	15,650	1970	sold to Scouting Association of Ireland	now privately owned in Arklow
Gannet	1954	Philip & Son	Dartmouth	134	25	15	Steel	Steel	95,200	still in service	as an automatic light float
Osprey	1955	Philip & Son	Dartmouth	134	25	15	Steel	Steel	98,100	1975	Sold	Moored on the Seine Seine The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels... , Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... as the Batofar Restaurant Le Batofar LV Osprey entered service as a Light Vessel for the Commissioners of Irish Lights in 1955. On 9 May 1975 she was sold to the New Ross Harbour Commissioners for use as a floating oil berth, pilot station and harbour store. On March 1998 she was sold again and moored on the Seine. Le Batofar...
Shearwater	1955	Philip & Son	Dartmouth	134	25	15	Steel	Steel	98,100	1976	Sold for scrap
Kittiwake	1959	Philip & Son	Dartmouth	134	25	15	Steel	Steel	124,128	2005	Sold	moored beside O2 (Point Depot), Dublin
Skua	1960	Philip & Son	Dartmouth	134	25	15	Steel	Steel	124,128	2005	Rotting at the North Quay of Arklow Harbour	The "Blue Planet" charity are seeking restoration funds
Cormorant	1964	Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons Charles Hill & Sons was a major shipbuilder based in Bristol, England, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Established in 1845, they specialised mainly in merchant and commercial ships, but also undertook the build of warships and governmental vessels especially during the First and Second World...	Bristol	133	26½	19½	Steel	Steel	145,750	1983	Sold

Lightvessel locations

Coningbeg, off the Saltee Islands
Saltee Islands
The Saltee Islands are a pair of small islands lying 5 kilometres off the southern coast of County Wexford in Ireland. The two islands are Great Saltee and Little Saltee . They have been uninhabited since the early 20th century...

, 14 km from the County Wexford
County Wexford
County Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...

coast, was established in 1824 and replaced on 26 February 2007 with a "Superbuoy"

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