Greenwich Light Vessel Automatic

Greenwich
History
United Kingdom
Namesake: Greenwich Meridian
Operator: Trinity House
Builder: Philip & Son, Dartmouth
In service: 1947
Identification: MMSI number: 992351032
General characteristics
Type: Lightvessel
Tonnage: 267 tonnes
Length: 40 m (130 ft)
Beam: 8 m (26 ft)
Draught: 4.5 m (15 ft)
Greenwich Light Vessel
Location United Kingdom Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates 50°24.538′N 0°0.095′W / 50.408967°N 0.001583°W / 50.408967; -0.001583Coordinates: 50°24.538′N 0°0.095′W / 50.408967°N 0.001583°W / 50.408967; -0.001583
Height 12 metre Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height 12 metre Edit this on Wikidata
Range 15 nautical mile Edit this on Wikidata
Characteristic Fl W 5s Edit this on Wikidata
Managing agent Trinity House

Greenwich Light Vessel Automatic is the name of a lightvessel in the English Channel, off the coast of East Sussex. It is operated by Trinity House.[1] It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast. The name of the vessel derives from the fact that is located close to the Greenwich (or Prime) Meridian.

The vessel currently on this station is the solar powered Trinity House Lightvessel No. 5, built in 1946 and in active service at various stations around the British coast since 1947.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Greenwich Lightvessel". Trinity House. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Trinity House Lightvessel No. 5". 14 January 2014.
  • "Notice to mariners". Trinity House. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
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