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The front cover of a List of Lights volume. A list of lights is a publication describing lighthouses and other aids to maritime navigation. Most such lists are published by national hydrographic offices. Some nations, including the United Kingdom and the United States, publish lists that cover the whole world in many volumes. Other nations ...
Tyne III (from 1891 until 1909), Trinity, Light vessel no. 67: Shipwash Shipwash Shoal 52°2′0″N 1°42′0″E [22] North Sea: Light Vessel 72, Mary Mouse 2 (from 1968 until 1969), LV94: South Goodwin Goodwin Sands: Trinity House: North Sea: Light vessel no. 69 (until 1940), Light vessel no. 90 (until 1954), LV17: Replaced South Foreland ...
Light vessel no. 67 67: Now a wreck somewhere off the west coast of the British Isles. [citation needed] Lightvessel no. 68 68: Haisborough [24], Operation Overlord [25] 16 July to 11 November 1944 on "Kansas" station: Light vessel no. 69 69: South Goodwin [27] (until Oct 1940) 21 Oct 1940: Destroyed by a mine on 21 October 1940 while on ...
A motor launch (ML) is a small military vessel in Royal Navy service. It was designed for harbour defence and submarine chasing. Similar vessels were used by the Royal Air Force for armed high-speed air-sea rescue. Some vessels for water police service are also known as motor launches. Motor launches were slower than motor torpedo boats and ...
The harbour defence motor launch (HDML) was a 72 ft (22 m) long British-designed motor vessel used for harbour defence during World War II. Nearly 500 were built by numerous Allied countries during the war. The HDML was designed by W J Holt at the Admiralty in early 1939.
The U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office published its first NtM in 1869 and has issued NtMs weekly since 1886. How the information is compiled, organized and disseminated has evolved in the years since then but the NtM mission to provide mariners with accurate navigation information has remained the same.
The British Polar Engines Diesel Motors of the Oberon-class submarine HMS Ocelot. The engines charged the batteries for the silent electric propulsion of the ship. HMS Ocelot is now a museum ship in Chatham Dockyard. British Polar Engines manufactures, supplies and installs medium speed marine diesel engines and industrial generating sets ...
Metrication of Admiralty charts began in 1967, and it was decided to synchronise this with the introduction of a new style of chart, with increased use of colour, which continues in use today. The most striking change is the use of buff for land. Green is used for drying (intertidal) areas, and magenta to indicate lights and beacons.