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Lightvessels in Ireland describes any
lightvessel 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. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, t ...
or
light float A light float is a type of lighted navigational aid forming an intermediate class between lightvessels and large lighted buoys A buoy () is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift w ...
previously stationed off the coast of Ireland. The
Commissioners of Irish Lights The Commissioners of Irish Lights ( ga, Coimisinéirí Soilse na hÉireann), often shortened to Irish Lights or CIL, is the body that serves as the general lighthouse authority for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and their adjacen ...
are responsible for the majority of marine navigation aids around the whole of the island of Ireland.


Lightvessels

* Guillemot: built 1921/23 – sold 1968 – set in concrete as the
Kilmore Quay Kilmore Quay () is a fishing village near Kilmore, in County Wexford, Ireland. As of 2016, it has a population of 372. It is a fishing village, but its leisure facilities such as sailing, and sea angling charters are also of economic importanc ...
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. * Osprey: built 1953/55 – sold 1975 – now known as Le Batofar, a nightclub/pub moored on the
Seine ) , mouth_location = Le Havre/Honfleur , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , progression = , river_system = Seine basin , basin_size = , tributaries_left = Yonne, Loing, Eure, Risle , tributarie ...
in Paris *
Petrel Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. Description The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group (all except the albatross f ...
: built 1913/15 – sold 1968 – club house for Down Cruising Club in Ballydorn * Puffin Lightvessel, Roche's Point,
Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
– washed away in 1896


Lightvessel stations

* Coningbeg, off the
Saltee Islands The Saltee Islands (Irish: ''Oileán an tSalainn''; Old Norse: ''Salt ey'' ) are a pair of small islands lying 5 kilometres off the southern coast of County Wexford in Ireland. The two islands are Great Saltee (89 hectares) and Little Saltee (37 ...
, 14 km from the
County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...
coast, was established in 1824 and replaced on 26 February 2007 with a "Superbuoy"


See also

*
Lighthouses in Ireland This is a list of lighthouses in Ireland. The Commissioners of Irish Lights are responsible for the majority of marine navigation aids around the island though a small number are maintained by local harbour authorities. The main list identifie ...
*
Lightvessel stations of Great Britain The history of the many lightvessel stations of Great Britain goes back over 250 years to the placement of the world's first lightship at the Nore in the early 18th century. A lightvessel station is a named position at which a lightvessel was pl ...
* List of lightvessels of Great Britain *
List of lighthouses and lightvessels This article contains links to lists of lighthouses around the world. According to ''Lighthouse Directory'', there are more than 18,600 lighthouses worldwide. Africa *''Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table belo ...


Gallery

File:Blackwater Lightship - Culm in the water?.jpg, Lightvessel on the Blackwater station, c.1890-1909 File:Batofar - Paris.JPG, LV ''Osprey'', now a Parisian nightclub moored on the
Seine ) , mouth_location = Le Havre/Honfleur , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , progression = , river_system = Seine basin , basin_size = , tributaries_left = Yonne, Loing, Eure, Risle , tributarie ...
, Paris File:TheO2pic.JPG, LV ''Kittiwake'', moored on the Liffey, Dublin File:DauntRescueGribble.png, Oil painting by Bernard Finnigan Gribble of the rescue of the crew of LV ''Comet'' by 1936 File:Petrel.JPG, A model of LV ''Petrel''.
Note the day marker on the mast. File:Irish lightvessel-Kilmore Quay Maritime museum.jpg, ''LV Guillemot'' 'berthed' in concrete at
Kilmore Quay Kilmore Quay () is a fishing village near Kilmore, in County Wexford, Ireland. As of 2016, it has a population of 372. It is a fishing village, but its leisure facilities such as sailing, and sea angling charters are also of economic importanc ...
as a
maritime museum A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navies and the militar ...
.


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Lightships in the Commissioners of Irish Lights service


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