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[[File:Calshot Spit lightvessel.jpg|thumb|Light vessel 78 ''Calshot Spit'' on station in 1979]]
The history of the many '''lightvessel stations of Great Britain''' goes back over 250 years to the placement of the world's first lightship at the [[Nore]] in the early 18th century.

A lightvessel station is a named position at which a [[lightvessel]] was placed, rather than a particular ship; individual vessels were often transferred between different stations during their existence. Stations themselves were occasionally changed, especially during wartime, when lights were only displayed in response to specific shipping needs. 

==History==

The world's first lightvessel was the result of a business partnership between Robert Hamblin, a former [[barber]] and ship manager from [[King's Lynn]], and David Avery, an investor.<ref name=naish>Naish, J. M. ''Seamarks: Their History and Development'', Stanford Maritime, 1985, {{ISBN|978-0-540-07309-2}}, p. 107</ref> In 1730 the pair secured a government licence to moor a ship, with a prominent light affixed to it, to serve as a navigation aid at the [[Nore]] in the [[Thames]] mouth. Hamblin and Avery intended to profit from the vessel by collecting a fee from passing merchant vessels. The licence was opposed by [[Trinity House]], which considered that it possessed a monopoly on construction and maintenance of navigation aids in British waters. After extensive legal dispute the licence was revoked in 1732 and Trinity House assumed direct responsibility for the proposed lightship; Hamblin and Avery were granted nominal lease revenues in exchange.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1865|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=624|year=2013|isbn=9781108054911}}</ref> The Nore lightship commenced operations in 1734.<ref name=Marcus>{{cite book |last=Marcus|first=G.J.|title=Heart of Oak: A Survey of British Sea Power in the Georgian Era|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1975|pages=[https://archive.org/details/heartofoaksurvey0000marc/page/53 53–54]|isbn=0192158120|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/heartofoaksurvey0000marc/page/53}}</ref>

A second lightvessel was placed at the Dudgeon station, off the [[Norfolk]] coast, in 1736, with others following at [[Owers Bank]] (1788) and the [[Goodwin Sands]] (1793).<ref name=Marcus/> While the [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|Admiralty]] opposed the 1802 Sunk lightvessel, claiming it would aid enemy ships, it soon afterwards placed three vessels of its own  to protect the fleet during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]; they were taken over by Trinity House a few years later.<ref name=galloper1/> Many others were commissioned during the nineteenth century, especially off England's east coast and the approaches to the Thames, where there were many treacherous [[shoal]]s.

[[File:Lv-Nore.jpg|thumb|right|Lightship LV86, stationed at the Nore from 1931 to 1974]]

Following their acquisition of the Admiralty ships, all English and Welsh lightvessels were maintained by Trinity House, with the exception of the four vessels in the approaches to the [[River Mersey]], which were maintained by the [[Mersey Docks and Harbour Board]] until 1973, and those in the [[Humber Estuary]], which were the responsibility of the Humber Conservancy Board. 

===Communications and safety===

Communication with lightvessels proved to be a major problem for Trinity House; lightvessel crews were well-placed to observe ships in distress, but could not always alert [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution|lifeboats]] on shore. After a series of shipwrecks, an experiment was conducted whereby a nine-mile undersea cable was run from the Sunk lightvessel in the [[Thames Estuary]] to the [[post office]] at [[Walton-on-the-Naze]]. This was intended to commence in 1884, but was plagued by delays;<ref name=hansard>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1884/may/16/board-of-trade-telegraphic-communication |title=BOARD OF TRADE — TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH LIGHT VESSELS |work=[[Hansard]] |date=1884-05-16}}</ref> the trial was unsuccessful as the cable repeatedly broke. 

As a result of a motion brought forward by Sir [[Edward Birkbeck]], a [[Royal Commission]] was established to look at the issue of 'electrical communication' and gave its first Report in 1892;<ref name=hansard2>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1892/apr/26/coast-communications |title=COAST COMMUNICATIONS |work=[[Hansard]] |date=1892-04-26}}</ref><ref name=hansard1>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1893/mar/21/communication-with-lighthouses |title=COMMUNICATION WITH LIGHTHOUSES |work=[[Hansard]] |date=1893-03-21}}</ref> the East Goodwin lightvessel was used during one of [[Guglielmo Marconi]]'s early experiments in radio transmission in 1896.<ref name=marconi>{{cite book|last=Baker|first= W. J.|title=History of the Marconi Company|publisher= Routledge|year= 1998| isbn= 978-0-415-14624-1|pages=39–40}}</ref> The world's first radio distress signal was transmitted by the East Goodwin lightvessel's radio operator on 17 March 1899, after the [[merchant vessel]] ''Elbe'' ran aground on the [[Goodwin Sands|Goodwins]], while on 30 April that year, the East Goodwin vessel transmitted a distress signal on its own behalf, when the [[SS]] ''R. F. Matthews'' rammed it in a dense fog. Safety was further improved by the development of more powerful lamps and through the replacement by [[foghorn]]s of the [[gong]]s previously used as fog signals.

===Crew===

Until the second half of the 20th century, all Trinity House vessels were permanently manned. An 1861 article in the [[Cornhill Magazine]] described lightshipmen as being paid 55 shillings a month (in addition to drawing 1 shilling and sixpence a week "in lieu of 3 gallons of [[small beer|small-beer]]"): the vessels were supplied, and the crews relieved, once a month. It was also noted that "a general tone of decent, orderly and superior conduct" was observed, that the men were "very respectable [...] swearing and profane language are [...] prohibited" and that every man was supplied with a Bible as well as "a library of varied and entertaining literature".<ref name=cornhill>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbkCAAAAIAAJ |title=Light-Vessels |publisher=The Cornhill Magazine |volume=III |year=1861 |page=39}}</ref>

By the start of the 20th century, Trinity House lightvessels had a crew of 11, of whom seven (a master and six ratings) would be on active duty at any one time. It was an extremely demanding and dangerous profession, and it would take 15 to 20 years of service to be promoted to master.<ref name=portcities1>{{cite book |url=http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.64/chapterId/1506/Trinity-House.html |title=Trinity House |publisher=portcities.org |access-date=2008-09-02 |archive-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906180525/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.64/chapterId/1506/Trinity-House.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Replacement===

The majority of British lightvessels were decommissioned during the 1970s - 1980s and replaced with [[light float]]s or [[Lanby buoy|LANBY]] buoys, which were vastly cheaper to maintain: in 1974 at the time of Trinity House's original development project, lightship annual running costs at £30,000 were ten times those of the LANBY.<ref name=design1974>{{cite book |author=Rowlands, D. |url=http://vads.ac.uk/diad/article.php?title=310&year=1974&article=d.310.39 |title=Points of Reference |publisher=Design |volume=310 |year=1974}}</ref>

The remaining UK lightvessels have now been converted to unmanned operation and most now use [[solar power]].{{cn|date=November 2021}}

==Vessels==
{{main|List of lightvessels of Great Britain}}

Unlike lightships in the [[United States]] and other parts of the world, Trinity House lightvessels were usually unpowered and needed to be towed to or from their position. In order to act as effective [[daymark]]s they were painted red, with the station name in large white letters on the side of the hull, and a system of balls and cones at the masthead for identification. The first revolving light was fitted to the Swin Middle lightvessel in 1837: others used occulting or flashing lights. White lights were preferred for visibility though red and very occasionally green (as with the Mouse lightvessel) were also used.<ref name=miltoun>{{cite book |editor=Miltoun, F. |url=http://www.kellscraft.com/ShipsandShipping/ShipsandShippingCh11.html |title=Ships and Shipping |publisher=Moring Ltd |year=1903 |chapter=11}}</ref>

It is likely that photographs on various websites showing named lightvessels, may appear to be structurally different to comparable records on other web pages due to the fact that the particular vessel might have been withdrawn from a station after photographing and being towed away for [[Dry dock|drydocking]], overhaul and possible direction to a new station and therefore a different lightvessel would have been substituted at the named station on withdrawal of the previous lightvessel. This has been most evident on those vessels that have been withdrawn and shipped to another port at home or abroad to become a floating museum, floating restaurant, 'clubhouse', etc. Scarweather LV and Helwick LV have for instance changed their rôle in their lifetime and their appearance on various records varies considerably.

==England==

===Active stations===

The following are active stations at which Trinity House still maintains unmanned lightships, which also act as [[weather station]]s.
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Image
!Position
!Characteristic
!Vessels employed
|-
{{Wdtable row/lvstation1|qid=Q109647747}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation1|qid=Q50255873}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation1|qid=Q5604858}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation1|qid=Q7416182}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation1|qid=Q7457619}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation1|qid=Q109647833}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation1|qid=Q109781149}}
|}

===Former stations===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Position
!Operator
!Sea
!Vessels employed
!Notes
|-
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109773031}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110224827|notes=Established 1878;<ref name=barflat>"Nautical Notices", ''Nautical Magazine'', v. XLVII (New Series), No XI (Nov 1878), 1031</ref> later replaced by Roaring Middle LV}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109780007}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109780100|notes=Station established 1889<ref name=blackdeep>"Notice to Mariners", ''Board of Trade Journal'', v7 (1889), 617-618</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109780479|notes=Station established 1930, replacing Gull LV station, due to narrowing of the navigable Gull Stream<ref name=brake>{{cite web |url=https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/history-on-river-thames/gull-lightvessel-38 |title=The Gull, lightvessel 38 |work=Thurrock Council |access-date=2021-12-02}}</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109787036}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109793367}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q5072415}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109816770}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109818365}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109831133}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110222419}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109837843}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109838084|notes=The last manned lightship station, replaced by the Dowsing lighthouse in 1991.<ref name=dowsing>{{cite web |url=http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.64/chapterId/1506/Trinity-House.html |title=Trinity House |work=portcities.org |access-date=29 August 2008 |archive-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906180525/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.64/chapterId/1506/Trinity-House.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109864495}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109865773|notes=Dudgeon was the second lightvessel to be established, with a patent granted to David Avery in 1736.<ref name=naish108>Naish, J. (1985) ''Seamarks: their history and development'', Stanford, p.108</ref>  LV63 was on station  when bombed by the [[Luftwaffe]] on 29 January 1940. Only one crew member, John Sanders, survived. The incident was the subject of a 1940 British Government [[propaganda]] film, ''[[Men of the Lightship]]''.<ref>{{Cite video |people = David MacDonald (Director); Alberto Cavalcanti (Producer) |title=Men of the Lightship |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309856/ |medium = Film (35mm, 24 mins, black & white) |publisher=[[GPO Film Unit]] |date=1940}}</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109877153|notes=Station established 1889 replacing the S.W. Longsand buoy<ref name=blackdeep/>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109885516}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109906291}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110026779|notes=Part of wartime Folkestone Gate Channel defences; discontinued 1919<ref name=nfolkestone>US Navy Hydrographic Office (1919) ''Index to Notices to Mariners, 1-52'', p.177</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110026840|notes=Part of wartime Folkestone Gate Channel defences. LV75 attacked on station and sunk by German bombers in July 1940, with the loss of two crew members, Jack Wade and Harry North<ref name=sfolkestone>Carter, G (1974) ''The Battle of Britain: the Home Front'', Mason & Lipscomb, pp.190-1</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109907477}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109913077|notes=Station first established by the Admiralty in 1803 to protect the fleet during the [[Napoleonic Wars]];<ref name=galloper1>Renton (2001) ''Lost Sounds: the story of coast fog signals'', Dundurn, p.148</ref> replaced by buoy 1977<ref name=galloper2>Defense Mapping Agency (1977), ''Notices to Mariners'', p.5</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109914087|notes=In 1884 the ''Girdler'' lightship was rammed and sunk by the screw steamer ''Indus''; there were no deaths.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/docBrowser.aspx?830?5?1 |title=Girdler Lightship loss |website=The Wrecksite |access-date=2024-12-01}}</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109921655|notes=Marked the Gull Stream: station first established by the [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|Admiralty]] in 1809 and taken over by Trinity House in 1826.<ref name=gull>Stevenson (2013) ''The World's Lighthouses: From Ancient Times to 1820'', Courier, p.124</ref> Narrowing of the channel led to Gull being replaced by Brake LV in 1930<ref name=brake/>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109924236|notes=Replaced by [[Gunfleet Lighthouse]] in 1850.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109936913}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109937111|notes=Maintained by Humber Conservancy Board.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109894534}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109980435}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110002881}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110014611}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110249343|notes=Unattended gas lit "lightboat", established 1909}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110249955|notes=In the middle of fairway of [[Barrow Deep]], 9m SW of Barrow Deep LV<ref name=midbarrow>Imray and Kettle (1917) ''Pilot's Guide for the River Thames: The South-east Coast of England, and the Strait of Dover'', Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, p.24</ref>}} 
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110023199}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109923193}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110044348|notes=Replaced by the [[Nab Tower]] in 1920.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109898099}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109818924|notes=The world's first manned lightship, 1731.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110070954}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110073809}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109894482}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110082609|c2+=, off [[Selsey Bill]]|notes=Replaced with a beacon. LV Owers now a wreck in [[Tel Aviv]] harbour.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109859319|notes=Replaced Bar Flat LV; replaced with buoy 1919<ref name=roaringmiddle>Admiralty,  ''Notices to Mariners 348'', 1919</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110110547|notes=Replaced with [[Royal Sovereign lighthouse]] 1971.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110110906}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110138546}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110024825}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110072592|notes=Replaced [[South Foreland Low lighthouse]]. LV69 was sunk on station, probably by a mine, in October 1940.<ref name=southgoodwin1>{{Cite web |url=https://goodwinsands.org.uk/the-disappearing-lightship/ |title=The Disappearing Lightship |work=Goodwin Sands Conservation Trust |date= |access-date=2021-12-20}}</ref> The replacement, LV90, sank on 27 November 1954 when cables to her two sea anchors broke in a hurricane-force storm. The ship ran onto the Goodwin Sands close to the Keller Gut and turned on her side. The seven crew members perished, the only survivor being Ronald Murton, an ornithologist from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The wreck of the ship can still be seen at low tide. The next replacement ship was decommissioned and was towed away on 26 July 2006.<ref name=goodwin>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.123/Crew-of-the-South-Goodwin-light-vessel.html |title=South Goodwin Light Vessel |website=portcities.org |date= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://trinityhousehistory.wordpress.com/tag/south-goodwin-lightvessel/ |title=South Goodwin Lightvessel Trinity House History |website=trinityhousehistory.wordpress.com |date=27 November 2014 |language=en |access-date=2017-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1070066|desc=ST MARGARET'S OLD LIGHTHOUSE, St. Margaret's At Cliffe |accessdate=2017-07-27}}</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110096817}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110207883|notes=Established 1802; replaced 2007 by Sunk Centre as part of a new Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS).}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109647775|notes=Established as part of TSS in 2007. Decommissioned 2021.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110209798|notes=Established 6 December 1912<ref name=swarte>{{citation |title=The Nautical Magazine |volume=88 |year=1912 |page=360}}</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110219894|notes=The first revolving light was fitted to the Swin Middle lightvessel in 1837.{{cn|date=December 2021}}}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q109924265}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110111125|notes=Replaced with a [[Lanby]] in September 1973.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110226388}}
|}
<gallery mode="packed" heights="120px">
File:South_Goodwin-1.JPG|South Goodwin on station in 2006
File:Nore light vessel RMG PV1973.jpg|Drawing of the ''Nore'' lightvessel by [[William Lionel Wyllie]] circa 1900
File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A16960.jpg|Lightvessel on Crosby station during WW2
</gallery>

==Scotland, Isle of Man==

Lightvessels in Scotland and the Isle of Man were maintained by the [[Northern Lighthouse Board]], with the exception of those maintained by the Clyde Lighthouse Trust and by the Dundee Port Trustees. Of the NLB vessels, only the North Carr was crewed.

{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Position
!Operator
!Sea
!Vessels employed
!Notes
|-
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110244041|notes=Established 1877. First lightship in Europe to be fully automated,  1971; discontinued 1984.<ref name=abertay>{{cite web |url=https://www.dundeemaritime.co.uk/Abertay |title=Abertay Lightship |work=Dundee Maritime  |date= |access-date=2021-12-22}}</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q22000040|notes=Replaced by [[Maughold Head Lighthouse]] in 1914.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110245192|notes=Uncrewed "lightboat". Established 2 June 1905<ref name=cathsgeir>US Navy Hydrographic Office, (1906) ''Notices to Mariners, nos 1-52'', p.355</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110244210|notes=Wartime station; established c. 1944<ref name=clyde>US Navy Hydrographic Office (1944), Supplement to ''British Islands Pilot: the western coast of Scotland from Mull of Galloway to Rudh' Re and off-lying islands, Volume 4'', p.2</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110244243|notes=Established 1868. Replaced by buoy in 1905<ref name=garmoyle>Riddell, J.F.(1979) ''Clyde Navigation: A History of the Development and Deepening of the Clyde'', John Donald, p.98</ref>}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110244233|notes=Original crewed lightship replaced 1882 by unattended, gas lit vessel built by Blackwood & Gordon.<ref name=garvel>"Launches - Scotch". ''The Marine Engineer'', Feb 1, 1882, 254</ref> Removed 1915}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110243602}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110245863|notes=Uncrewed "lightboat" stationed near [[Scalpay, Outer Hebrides|Scalpay]];<ref>{{cite map|publisher  = [[Ordnance Survey]]|title = Map of Skeirinoe lightvessel (via National Library of Scotland maps API|url = http://nls.tileserver.com/?lat=57.84&lng=-6.55&zoom=13|edition = Popular Edition (Scotland)|year = 1920–1930|scale  = 1:253 440|access-date = 2011-08-13}}</ref> established 1906.}}
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110446648|notes=Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine has a small scale coloured General Arrangement (1923) from Builder (Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. hull #249, 60&nbsp;ft [183 m]).}}
|}
<gallery mode="packed" heights="120px">
File:Bahama_Bank_Lightship.jpg|The Bahama Bank Lightship, date unknown
File:North_carr_light_ship_1988.jpg|North Carr lightship in 1988
</gallery>

==Wales==
[[File:Former_Breaksea_lightvessel.jpg|thumb|''Breaksea Light Vessel'' following a refit at [[Swansea]] in 1978.]]
[[File:Bateau feu Scarweather.jpg|thumb|Scarweather]]
Former Welsh lightships were maintained by Trinity House. Remaining substitute navigational aids still are.
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Position
!Operator
!Sea
!Vessels employed
!Notes
|-
{{Wdtable row/lvstation2|qid=Q110536438|notes=Replaced by a LANBY, then a lightfloat and currently a lighted buoy with [[Radar beacon (racon)|RACON]] radar facility}}
|}
*Helwick (off [[Worms Head]])
*[[Milford Haven (harbour)|Milford Haven Lightvessel]]
*Scarweather ([[Swansea Bay]]; replaced with buoy 1989)
*St Gowan (off Pembrokeshire coast). The station once carried the name St Govan, i.e., spelling change

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==See also==
*[[List of lightvessels of Great Britain]]
*[[List of lighthouses in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Lightvessels in Ireland]]
*[[Trinity House]]
*''[[Men of the Lightship]]''
*[[Light float]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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