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Lightvessels in Ireland

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Lightvessels in Ireland

Lightvessels in Ireland describes any lightvessel or lightfloat previously stationed off the coast of Ireland. The Commissioners of Irish Lights are responsible for the majority of marine navigation aids around the island of Ireland.

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Lightvessels

  • Guillemot: built 1921/23 – sold 1968 – set in concrete as the Kilmore Quay Maritime Museum retains much original equipment and fittings. Scrapped during 2011. http://www.wexfordcameraclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1300478453
  • Kittiwake: built 1955 – Currently sold and docked in Dublin. 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, a nightclub/pub moored on the Seine in Paris
  • Petrel: built 1913/15 – sold 1968 – club house for Down Cruising Club in Ballydorn
  • Puffin Lightvessel, Roche's Point, Cork – washed away in 1896

    • Lightvessel locations

  • Coningbeg, off the Saltee Islands, 14 km from the County Wexford coast, was established in 1824 and replaced on 26 February 2007 with a "Superbuoy"

    • References

    Lightvessels in Ireland Wikipedia
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