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Lightvessel No. 11

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Ordered
  
March 1950

Yard number
  
1223

Launched
  
15 August 1951

Draft
  
4.24 m

Cost
  
£67,269

Beam
  
7.56 m (24.8 ft)

Length
  
42 m

Builder
  
Philip and Son

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Name
  
Restaurant Tinto (2009 – present) Breeveertien (1998-2008) Lightvessel No. 11 (1951-1995)

Owner
  
Trinity House (1951-1991) Pound's Marine Service Ltd (1991-1995) Gus van der Loodt (1995-2008) Daniel Berg & Pottasch (2008 – present)

Lightvessel No.11 was a lightvessel that was in service in the Irish Sea between 1951 and 1988. She was built in 1951 for Trinity House by Philip & Son Ltd in Dartmouth, England.

She was used as a lightvessel near St Gowans Banks and Morecambe Bay before being retired on 21 October 1988. She was sold to Pound's Marine Service Ltd in 1991 for the price of £20,000, arriving in Portsmouth on 16 July 1991. She was later sold to Gus van der Loodt in 1995, who towed her to Rotterdam to convert her to a floating restaurant, opening as Breeveertien in 1999. She has been moored in the Wijnhaven, Rotterdam ever since, except for a brief period in April/May 2009 where she underwent a refit and restoration under new owners. Since 1 November 2009 she has been the location for Restaurant Tinto serving Spanish & Portuguese cuisine.

References

Lightvessel No. 11 Wikipedia