Name Spurn Out of service 1975 Type Lightvessel Length 30 m Owner Hull City Council | Completed 1927 Status Museum ship Launched 1927 Phone +44 1482 300300 | |
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Builder Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd, Goole Address Castle St, Hull HU1 1TJ, UK Similar Arctic Corsair, PS Wingfield Castle, SS Explorer, Roann, Forceful | ||
Trinity sessions 2 ahoy making sound waves on spurn lightship with young jack
The Spurn Lightship (LV No 12) is a lightvessel (i.e. a ship used as a lighthouse) currently anchored in Hull Marina in the British city of Kingston upon Hull, England. The ship was built in 1927 and served for 48 years as a navigation aid in the approaches of the Humber Estuary, where it was stationed 4 1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) east of Spurn Point.
On 15 April 1959, the lightship was driven ashore in the River Hull at Woodmansey, Yorkshire.
The lightship was decommissioned in 1975 and bought/restored by Hull City Council in 1983 before being moved to Hull Marina as a museum in 1987. It is usually open between early April and end September. Access is free but has been at weekends only in the last year or so because of staff shortages. Wheelchair access is not possible. Sensible shoes must be worn and small children closely supervised.