Lightvessels in Ireland

Lightvessels in Ireland describes any lightvessel or lightfloat previously stationed off the coast of Ireland. The Commissioners of Irish Lights are responsible for the majority of marine navigation aids around the island of Ireland.

For Lighthouses, see List of lighthouses in Ireland.

Lightvessels
Kittiwake lightvessel for sale in 2009 moored in River Liffey
  • Guillemot: built 1921/23 – sold 1968 – set in concrete as the Kilmore Quay Maritime Museum retains much original equipment and fittings. Scrapped during 2011. http://www.wexfordcameraclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1300478453
  • Kittiwake: built 1955 – Currently sold and docked in Dublin. There is a superbuoy in its place. It was removed from station in 2009.[1]
  • Osprey: built 1953/55 – sold 1975 – now known as Le Batofar, a nightclub/pub moored on the Seine in Paris[2]
  • Petrel: built 1913/15 – sold 1968 – club house for Down Cruising Club in Ballydorn[3]
  • Puffin Lightvessel, Roche's Point, Cork – washed away in 1896
Name Built By Where Length Breadth Depth FrameDecks Cost £ Withdrawn Fate Notes[4]
Palmer's Light 1735
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Richmond 1806
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 OakOak, teak and elm 1,500 1826 Broken up  
Seagull 1824 W. RobertsMilford Haven 67209½ OakOak, teak and elm 1,659 1864 Sold First purpose-built lightvessel
Star 1825 W. RobertsMilford Haven 67209 OakOak, teak and elm 1,841 1855 sold  
Relief 1826 W. RobertsMilford Haven 67209½ OakOak, teak and elm 1,841 1867 Sold  
Brilliant 1832 Brady'sDublin 67209½ OakOak, teak and elm 1,983 1867 Sold  
Seagull II 1853 Charles Hill & SonsBristol 822111 OakOak, teak and elm 3,651 1867 Sold.  
Petrel 1854 Charles Hill & SonsBristol 822111 OakOak, teak and elm 3,800 1867 Sold.  
Brilliant II 1856 WheelerCork 822111 OakOak, teak and elm 3,200 1913 Sold.  
Star II 1857 WheelerCork 822111 OakOak, teak and elm 3,200 1862 Sold.  
Star III 1862 Charles Hill & SonsBristol 912110 OakOak, teak and elm 4,189 1911 Sold and scrapped.  
Relief II 1863 Charles Hill & SonsBristol 912110 OakOak, teak and elm 4,189 1925 Sold.  
Gannet 1865 Charles Hill & SonsBristol 912110 OakOak, teak and elm 4,189 1928 Sold and scrapped. when stationed at DAUNT, run into by Largo Bay, in 1884
Comet 1867 J & W DudgeonCubitt Town, London 912110 Composite ship Wrought ironTeak 5,750 1905 Sold and scrapped.  
Shamrock 1867 Walpole, Webb & BewleyDublin 962110 OakOak, teak and elm sheathed with muntz metal. 5,125 1936 Sold day markers were introduced
Osprey 1868 Walpole, Webb & BewleyDublin 962110 WoodWood 5,125 1915 Sold.  
Albatross 1875 Fletcher & Farnall, MilwallLondon 912110 WoodWood 5,625 8 September 1902 Salvaged and sold. Run down and sunk on Kish by RMS Leinster.
Cormorant 1878 Victoria Shipbuilding CoPassage West, Cork 912111 IronTwo thicknesses of 3-inch teak, sheathed with muntz metal 7,500 1942 Salvaged and sold. Renamed Lady December and moored at Hoo, Near Rochester, Kent.
Torch 1881 Milford Haven CoMilford Haven 912111 IronTwo thicknesses of 3-inch teak, sheathed with muntz metal 8,100 1945 Sold and scrapped.  
Puffin 1887 Schlesinger Davis & CoWallsend 912111¼ compositecomposite 6,000 8 October 1896 Salvaged, beached at Rushbrooke, scrapped on beach. Sank during storm on Daunt, 8 October 1896, crew of 7 lost.
Shearwater 1894 Allsup & SonsPreston 9622⅔11¾ Steel sheathed with teakTeak sheathed with muntz metal; 7,900 1955 Sold and scrapped. watertight bulkhead
Guillemot 1894 Allsup & SonsPreston 9622⅔11¾ Steel sheathed with teakTeak sheathed with muntz metal; 7,900 28 March 1917 Sunk by a German submarine crew survived
Kittiwake 1898 Allsup & SonsPreston 962412 Steel sheathed with teakTeak sheathed with muntz metal; 7,900 1956 Sold and scrapped. first to have an engine to work the windlass and the first fitted with oil engines for the siren
Seagull 1901 Allsup & SonsPreston 962412 Steel sheathed with teakTeak sheathed with muntz metal; 7,900 28 March 1917 Sunk by a German submarine Crew survived
Fulmar 1904 J. ReidGlasgow 962312¼ SteelIron 6,600 1964 Sold for scrap Five watertight bulkheads
Comet II 1904 J. ReidGlasgow 962312¼ SteelIron 6,740 1965 Became Radio Scotland Crew rescued by RNLB Mary Stanford 1936
Penguin 1910 Dublin DockyardDublin 1002412¼ SteelIron 7,230 1966 renamed Hallowe'en, as a Youth Adventure Sea Training Vessel 1995 Maritime Museum at Inveraray Pier
Tern 1912 L. Hawthorn & CoLeith 1022413¼ SteelIron 7,420 1967 Sold and scrapped Wireless
Petrel 1915 Dublin DockyardDublin 1022413¼ SteelIron 10,310 1968 Club House for Down Cruising Club, Strangford Lough now privately owned
Guillemot 1923 Cran & SomervilleLeith 1022412½ SteelSteel 17,700 1968 now Wexford Maritime Museum Set in concrete at Kilmore Quay. Scrapped in 2011.
Albatross 1925 H. Robb LtdLeith 1022413¼ SteelIron 15,650 1970 sold to Scouting Association of Ireland now privately owned in Arklow
Gannet 1954 Philip and SonDartmouth 1342515 SteelSteel 95,200 still in service as an automatic light float  
Osprey 1955 Philip & SonDartmouth 1342515 SteelSteel 98,100 1975 Sold Moored on the Seine, Paris as the Batofar Restaurant
Shearwater 1955 Philip & SonDartmouth 1342515 SteelSteel 98,100 1976 Sold for scrap  
Kittiwake 1959 Philip & SonDartmouth 1342515 SteelSteel 124,128 2005 Sold moored beside O2 (Point Depot), Dublin
Skua 1960 Philip & SonDartmouth 1342515 SteelSteel 124,128 2005 Rotting at the North Quay of Arklow Harbour The "Blue Planet" charity are seeking restoration funds[5]
Cormorant 1964 Charles Hill & SonsBristol 13326½19½ SteelSteel 145,750 1983 Sold  

Lightvessel locations

See also
  • LV Osprey, now a Parisian nightclub[7] moored on the Seine, Paris
  • LV Kittiwake, moored on the Liffey, Dublin
  • Oil painting by Bernard Finnigan Gribble of the rescue of the crew of LV Comet by RNLB Mary Stanford 1936
  • A model of LV Petrel.
    Note the day marker on the mast.
  • LV Guillemot 'berthed' in concrete at Kilmore Quay as a maritime museum.

References
  1. "JHLPHOTOGRAPHY". irishseashipping.com.
  2. Klempau, Iris. "Irish Lightvessel Osprey – Lightship Batofar". www.feuerschiffseite.de. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  3. Klempau, Iris. "Lightship PETREL". www.feuerschiffseite.de. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  4. "Lightships in the Irish Lighthouse Service". Commissioners of Irish Lights. Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  5. "Blue Planet Charity". Lightship Skua, promoting renewaible energy. Archived from the original on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  6. "End of service for the Coningbeg". Enniscorthy Echo. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  7. "Beat the Boat: Batofar". www.batofar.org. Archived from the original on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
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