#lightvessel

[southpacifictravel]

The lightvessel Relandersgrund (1888) in Helsinki, Finland, now serves as an expensive restaurant/bar. Uspenski Cathedral appears in the background.

#lightvessel #Relandersgrund #Helsinki #Finland

[kevindrakewriter]

Lightvessel

#youtube #Guillotines #thip trong #Lightvessel #music #youtube music

[i-love-books-because-reasons]

The Olympic Nantucket Collision

#history #1930s #1934 #olympic #rms #olympic class #white star line #ocean liners #LV 117 nantucket #lightvessel #maritime history #blue star line youtube #Youtube

[fightinglikeaman]

By lightvessel

#the good fight #christian faith #myuplouds #light vessel

[hopefulkidshark]

Suriname-Rivier is a lightvessel permanently berthed in a wet dock in the Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam Open-Air Museum in Nieuw-Amsterdam, Commewijne, Suriname. Wikipedia

#Lichtschip 1 - Suriname River #Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam Open-Air Museum #Suriname

[havingapoemwithyou]

lightvessel by Kelli Russell Agodon

#Kelli Russell Agodon #poetry #poem

[pharology101]

LOTD: Lightship Suriname 3

(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/sur.htm)

Lightship Suriname 3 (ex U.S. LV-109/WAL-531)

1923 (on station in Suriname from 1970). 40.3 m (132 ft) 2-masted steel lightship. According to the U.S. Coast Guard Historian this ship served originally for 30 years as a relief lightvessel. In 1954 it was assigned as the Savannah and it served briefly (1965-66) as the New Orleans. The subsequent history of the ship has been the source of some confusion. According to J. F. “Jay” McCarthy of the U.S. Lightship Sailors Association the ship was sold in 1967 to Uruguay, where it served for two years as the Banco Inglés. It was then sold to Suriname. It's not known when it was decomissioned. Presently it is an abandoned hulk beached with its sister ship LV-106 on the Suriname River across from the Overbridge Resort, about 50 km (30 mi) south of Paramaribo. A photo is at below, another photo of the two ships is available, Lightphotos.net also has a photo of the two ships, and a Google has a satellite view. Accessible only by boat. Site open, vessel closed.

(photo found here; ©TH22 ex-panoramio user - not sure which one is the Lightship Suriname 3)

#lotd lighthouses lighthouseoftheday pharology pharology101 #lightship suriname 3 #suriname

[jeanniemarieblaha]

Saturday Night 3.5' Surprise. 😜😄 This one was very curious and calm about us this time. Maybe because we were sans the Huskies here. 😁 #Snakes #RattleSnake #Rebirth #Transformation #Transmutation #LightVessel #Light #Energy #Arizona https://www.instagram.com/p/CSBXzHsLklU/?utm_medium=tumblr

#snakes #rattlesnake #rebirth #transformation #transmutation #lightvessel #light #energy #arizona

[stongerthanlife]

You are the light.. #healthandwellnessjourney #lightofCreator #lightvessel #kabbalah #moveyourself #surroundinglight #lightoftheworld #spirituality #mindrewire #wholetones #wholebrainstate #realityisgreatagain https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzyl5YWHXSa/?igshid=1v6qaq8f85h96

#healthandwellnessjourney #lightofcreator #lightvessel #kabbalah #moveyourself #surroundinglight #lightoftheworld #spirituality #mindrewire #wholetones #wholebrainstate #realityisgreatagain

[lightvessel93-blog]

Starbuck Teavana event at the Excel Center on Lightvessel 93

#Lightvessel 93 #Lightship 93 #lightship #Starbuck #Teavana #Excel Center #Royal Docks

[firstfullmoon]

If I could be any age,

I’d be the heartbeat just before the butter melts, where everything is soft and easy, a cookbook for a sacred life. And when I’m desperate for spices, I go to the bodega to buy love,

but the owner gives me wine and a new pen, says, This is probably better—and how can I argue? I had forgotten to pack a lunch, forgotten how much I ache for anyone to rest their words against my lips.

— Kelli Russell Agodon, from “Lightvessel”

#when i’m desperate for spices i go to the bodega to buy love #w #poetry #kelli russell agodon #desires as round as peaches bloom in me all night

[ltwilliammowett]

Light Ships

A light ship is, if we are being precise here, nothing more then a lighthouse on a ship. The first light ship was stationed in 1732 named Nore in the estuary of the Thames River in England. It was an old, disused small vessel that carried a lantern in the masthead that was lit by candles. The vessel was not manned and was located exactly where no lighthouse could be built. The principle was not new, as the Romans had already tried to mark dangerous places and deter pirates in this way.

By the end of the 18th century, England's coast had four more now especially built for this service vessels. These ships usually had two masts but no sails and were towed to their final destination, where they were anchored and served continuously. 

The Trinity House, which was also responsible for the pilots of the Cinque Ports, now had to take care of them as well, and so from the 1820s a rotating crew was established on the ships.

The lightship at Skagen Reef, by Carl Ludvig Thilson Locher 1882  Especially when these ships exchanged their candle lanterns for whale oil lanterns from the early 19th century onwards and were also equipped with a fog horn, the crew had a lot to do with them. To act as effective daylights, trinity House lights 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 Sandy Hook in the 1820s (x)

The first all-round light was installed on the lightship Swin Middle in 1837; others used flashing or deck lights. For reasons of visibility, white lights were preferred, although red and very rarely green (as on the lightship Mouse) were also used.

A Jibe Around the Lightship: DAUNTLESS, 1877, by Russ Kramer (x)

The Americans followed suit from 1820 onwards and had the lightvessels moored mainly on the Chesapeake Bay. The initially unmanned ships were like their English sisters. From the 1820s, however, the ships were manned by civilians. From the 20th century onwards, the Coast Guard took over this service.

Illustration of a Lightship, by Brian Floca, 2007

The service was strenuous and dangerous and required a lot of attention, as other ships could easily ram them, which is why they were often the victims of accidents. For this reason, both the British and the American ships were decommissioned in the 1970s and replaced by light platforms.

#naval history #light ship #ship typ #18th-20th century #age of sail #age of steam

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

Kevin Dundon; Missing on a Ferry

Kevin Dundon, from Essex, was aged 22 when he went missing while on a vessel returning to Felixstowe from Zeebrugge in Belgium, on 21 September 1980. Kevin had stayed with his brother Tom in Ipswich the night before he went to work on the Viking Viscount. 

Kevin was employed by shipping company Townsend Thoresen.  He had only started working on this particular ferry three days before he went missing and his duties included washing crockery in the ship’s galley.

The Viking Viscount set sail from Felixstowe to Zeebrugge at approximately 9am on Sunday 21 September 1980, with 86 crew members aboard. There were 605 passengers on board, many of which were large organised groups of coach parties.

It was recorded at the time that the crossing took around five hours, with the ship docking in Zeebrugge for some two hours, before beginning the return journey to Felixstowe at approximately 4pm.

In the periods when he was not working, Kevin was reported to have spent time in the staff mess room, which was frequented by various members of the crew throughout the day, along with some passengers who had been invited in as guests.

Witness testimony from Kevin’s colleagues state that at around 6pm that evening, he was seen working at a sink in the ‘plate room’ of the galley. The last confirmed sightings of Kevin are at around 6.30pm when he is believed to have been seen exiting the galley through a door which could have taken him to either the toilets or the deck.

The position of the ferry at this time was approximately 26 miles off the Suffolk coast and an estimated one mile south of the Galloper lightvessel, which was one of a number of static lighthouse ships anchored around the UK.

At around 6.50pm it was noticed that Kevin had not returned to the ‘plate room’ and so an announcement was made over the public address system for him to return. When he still hadn’t returned by 7.30pm, a number of further announcements were made for him to return and searches began to take place.

The ferry docked at Felixstowe just before 8.45pm and all the passengers disembarked. At around 9pm the ship’s master instigated further searches.  

Emergency services were informed that Kevin was missing at 10.45pm, with HM Coast Guard then commencing a ‘man overboard’ search.

The Viking Viscount left Felixstowe for Zeebrugge again at 11pm and, along with three other ships, searched the waters in the vicinity of the Galloper lightvessel until approximately 1.30am the following morning, but Kevin was not located and his body has never been found.

A missing person investigation was subsequently launched by Suffolk Constabulary and more than 30 witness statements were taken from people who had been on board the ferry and may have come into contact with Kevin, with the vast majority of these enquiries involving crew members.

However, no definitive answers or evidence as to what happened to Kevin was ever found, and his status has remained as missing for four decades.

Andy Guy, the Major Crime Review and Unsolved Case Manager for Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies, said: “It is highly unlikely that Kevin was still on the ship when it docked at Felixstowe. I believe there are individuals who were on that ferry that know what happened to Kevin, but have not previously told us. Kevin’s parents died without knowing what happened to their son, but there are three brothers who deserve to be given some answers and closure about the fate of their sibling.”

Anyone who believes they have information about Kevin Dundon’s disappearance, is asked to contact the Joint Norfolk and Suffolk Major Crime Review and Unsolved Case Team on: 01953 423819, or by emailing: [email protected]

Alternatively, contact the charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their online form: www.crimestoppers-uk.org

#Kevin Dundon #true crime #unsolved #cold cases #crime

[legitedigiulia]

LOOKS LIKE MURBLE in THE MUMBLES

Lighthouse in The Mumbles, Swansea Bay

Wales

june 2021 https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/mumbles-lighthouse

#lighthouse #themumbles #swanseabay #wales #welshcoast #waleslighthouse #mumbleslighthouse #smoothpebbles #welshbay #southwelsh #summerholiday #beautifuluk #beautifulwales #coastlife #walking #welshholiday

[aisphotostuff]

Trinity Light Ship - Tollesbury Essex by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Tollesbury lightship, or Lightvessel 15, was retired in 1988 and is now to be found moored amoung the marshes at Woodrolfe Creek near Tollesbury in Essex on the estuary of the River Blackwater. This is an area that is very popular with pleasure sailors and the twisting channels amoung the marshes are full of moorings for small boats. For most of its working life in the 60s and 70s, LV15 was stationed off the south coast of Wales, guarding the Scarweather sandbank near Porthcawl.Today it has been renamed Trinity and is owned by the Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust

#lightboat #boats #tollesbury #creeks #salt marshes #essex #landscape #england #english #english landscapes #beautiful #dusk #britain #british #counties #countryside #nature lovers #nature #nature watcher #uk #uk counties #county #EAST ANGLIA #Adam Swaine #canon #2021 #walks #sunlight

[pharology101]

LOTD: Lightship Suriname 2

~sorry for delay - meant for October 29th, 2022~

(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/sur.htm)

Lightship Suriname 2 (ex U.S. LV-106/WAL-528)

1923 (on station in Suriname from 1968). Decommissioned 1981. 40.3 m (132 ft) 2-masted steel lightship. According to the Lightship Sailors Association's page, this ship served originally as the Nantucket. After World War II it was reassigned as a relief lightvessel until 1968, when it was sold to Suriname. Presently it is an abandoned hulk beached with its sister ship LV-109 on the Suriname River across from the Overbridge Resort about 50 km (30 mi) south of Paramaribo. A photo is below, another photo of the two ships is available, Lightphotos.net also has a photo of the two ships, and Google has a satellite view. Lightphotos.net has Jan Melchers's photo of the ship in U.S. service as the Relief and another photo of the ship on station as the Suriname. Accessible only by boat. Site open, vessel closed.

(photo found here; ©TH22 ex-panoramio user - not sure which one is the Lightship Suriname 3)

#lotd lighthouses lighthouseoftheday pharology pharology101 #lightship suriname 2 #suriname