Lightship Finngrundet, now a museum ship in Stockholm. The day markers can be seen on the masts.Fehmarnbelt Lightship, now a museum ship in LübeckBürgermeister O´Swald II was the world's largest manned lightship, the last lightship at position Elbe 1. In the picture on a visit to Ystad 12 July 2017.
A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction.[1] Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, the first modern lightvessel was off the Nore sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames in London, England, placed there by its inventor Robert Hamblin in 1734. The type has become largely obsolete; lighthouses replaced some stations as the construction techniques for lighthouses advanced, while large, automated buoys replaced others.[1]
^ abFlint, Willard (1993). A History of U.S. Lightships(PDF). United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
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