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Hellenic Navy lighthouse tender HS Karavogiannos, A-479. THV Galatea, a lighthouse tender operated by Trinity House. A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail, and transportation. The work is often carried out by ships which also act as buoy ...
Light Vessel 72 (also known by its identification number LV72) was a light vessel of Trinity House, a British lighthouse authority.Constructed in Sunderland in 1903 she served as a navigational beacon in the British Isles until the Second World War.
This is the second Trinity House vessel named Galatea. The first, a paddle yacht built in 1868, served Trinity House until 1895. She was named in honour of HMS Galatea which had recently completed a round-the-world voyage under the command of Queen Victoria's second son, Captain the Duke of Edinburgh, who was Master of Trinity House at the time.
Trinity House, London (2007) A meeting at Trinity House c. 1808 The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, [3] also known as Trinity House (and formally as The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent), is the official authority for ...
Many coastal States have buoy tenders to maintain aids to navigation in and around their coastal waters. In the UK, this includes lighthouse authorities, including the Northern Lighthouse Board and Trinity House who ships maintain buoys as well as acting as lighthouse tenders. [3] [4] NLV Pharos, multi-function tender; NLV Pole Star, medium ...
Light Vessel 93 (sometimes known as Lightship 93) was a lightship of Trinity House in England, currently used as a photography studio. She was built in Dartmouth , Devon , in 1938 and served on stations including Galloper sand bank , the River Thames, Goodwin Sands , Inner Dowsing , Sunk Sands and Foxtrot 3.
Oct. 18—This Saturday will offer a glimpse into the history and mystery of the Manhattan Project, as the Trinity Site — the detonation location for the first atomic bomb — is opened to the ...
USLHT Arbutus was a wooden-hulled, steam-powered lighthouse tender built for the United States Lighthouse Board in 1879. She served on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts in this role until 1925. During World War I, she was transferred to the United States Navy and was commissioned as USS Arbutus, but her duties largely remained those of a lighthouse ...