List of lightvessels
This article lists
lightvessels around the world. Most surviving light vessels reside in the United Kingdom and the United States
. Some of the lightvessels mentioned in the lists have been renamed more than once, while others have been re-stationed or captured in war. Lightvessels were also not as permanent as a building or structure which helped lead to the replacement of others.
United Kingdom and Ireland
United States
Europe
Name | Image | Country | Location Coordinates |
Year built |
Year deactivated | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Almagrundet | Sweden | Sandhamn 59°16′N 19°31′E / 59.267°N 19.517°E |
1896 | 1964 | Replaced in 1964, likely scrapped. | |
Amorina | — | Sweden | — | 1934 | 1970 | Refitted into a racing .
|
Mayor Abendroth | Germany | 53°19′22″N 8°20′38″E / 53.32269°N 8.34395°E | 1908 | 1927 | Museum ship | |
Fehmarnbelt Lightship | Germany | Schleswig-Holstein | 1908 | 1985 | Retired | |
Fladen | Sweden | Gothenburg 57°42′31″N 11°57′37″E / 57.70864°N 11.96036°E |
1915 | 1969 | Museum ship at Gothenburg | |
FS1 | Germany | 54°10.8′N 007°27.5′E / 54.1800°N 7.4583°E or 54°09.9′N 006°20.7′E / 54.1650°N 6.3450°E or in Wilhelmshaven during maintenance | 1983 | In service | ||
FS3 | — | Germany | 54°10.8′N 007°27.5′E / 54.1800°N 7.4583°E or 54°09.9′N 006°20.7′E / 54.1650°N 6.3450°E or in Wilhelmshaven during maintenance | 1986 | In service | |
FS4 | — | Germany | 54°10.8′N 007°27.5′E / 54.1800°N 7.4583°E or 54°09.9′N 006°20.7′E / 54.1650°N 6.3450°E or in Wilhelmshaven during maintenance | 1988 | In service | |
Fs Kalkgrund II
|
Germany | — | 1910 | 1963 | Re-named S/V Noorderlicht in 1992, continues to operate as a cruise vessel. | |
Hyöky | Finland | Tervasaari, harbor of Hamina | 1912 | 1959 | Sold to private owner | |
Lightship Finngrundet
|
Sweden | Stockholm 59°19′38.4″N 18°5′25.5″E / 59.327333°N 18.090417°E |
1903 | 1969 | Museum ship | |
Lightvessel Gedser Rev | Denmark | Gedser Odde 55°40′48″N 12°35′23″E / 55.6800°N 12.5897°E |
1895 | 1972 | Museum ship at Nyhavn, Copenhagen | |
Lightvessel I | — | Denmark | Horns Rev | 1913 | 1980 | Museum ship in Esbjerg. |
Lightvessel XI | Denmark | — | 1878 | Unknown | Sold to private owner | |
Lightvessel XXI | — | Denmark | — | 1911 | 1988 | Floating café in Ebeltoft. |
Relandersgrund | Finland | Helsinki Harbour | 1888 | Unknown | Retired, and docked in Helsinki as a restaurant ship (2003)
| |
Suriname-Rivier | Suriname | Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam | 1910 | 1964 | Permanently berthed, and in serious disrepair at a wet dock in Suriname. | |
West-Hinder I | — | Belgium | Nieuwpoort 51°07′28.6″N 4°17′27.2″E / 51.124611°N 4.290889°E |
1950 | 1972 | Museum ship in Rupelmonde[1] |
West-Hinder II | Belgium | Nieuwpoort 51°20′03.9″N 3°12′29.5″E / 51.334417°N 3.208194°E |
1950 | 1994 | Berthed on dry land in a theme park at the Zeebrugge water front.[1] | |
West-Hinder III | Belgium | Nieuwpoort 51°13′46.5″N 4°24′16.3″E / 51.229583°N 4.404528°E |
1950 | 1992 | Donated to the city of Antwerp in 1995.[1] |
Elsewhere
The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with Europe and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (January 2023) |
Name | Image | Country | Location Coordinates |
Year built |
Year deactivated | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bras d'Or | — | Canada | — | 1926 | 1939 | Reported as missing in 1940.[2] |
CLS-4 Carpentaria
|
Australia | Sydney | 1917 | 1985 | Museum ship in Sydney |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ (26 November 2013). "Lighthouses of Belgium". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "29 Are Missing From Auxiliary Minesweeper Bras d'Or". Halifax Herald. 31 Oct 1940.