Editing Lightvessels in Ireland

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'''Lightvessels in Ireland''' describes any [[lightvessel]] or [[light float]] previously stationed off the coast of Ireland. The [[Commissioners of Irish Lights]] are responsible for the majority of marine navigation aids around the whole of the island of Ireland.

==Lightvessels==
[[File:Kittiwake (lightship) -Dublin Docklands-5thOct2008 (2).jpg|thumb|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.<ref>http://www.wexfordcameraclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1300478453 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830122939/http://www.wexfordcameraclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1300478453 |date=30 August 2012 }}</ref>
* '''Kittiwake:''' built 1955 – Removed from station in 2009 and replaced with a superbuoy.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishseashipping.com/news/2009/02_2009/02_2009.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214205947/http://irishseashipping.com/news/2009/02_2009/02_2009.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=14 February 2009 |title=JHLPHOTOGRAPHY |publisher=irishseashipping.com}}</ref> Sold, then docked in Dublin's [[River Liffey]] and in 2022 removed from Alexandra Basin to be restored and placed on public display in a new docklands heritage project.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Olivia |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2022/12/29/harry-crosbie-threatens-legal-action-against-dublin-port-company-over-ship-ownership/ |title=Harry Crosbie threatens legal action against Dublin Port Company over ship ownership |website=[[The Irish Times]] |date=29 December 2022 |access-date=10 April 2025 }}</ref>
* '''Osprey: ''' built 1953-55 – sold 1975 – now known as [[Le Batofar]], a nightclub/pub moored on the [[Seine]] in Paris<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIFFE/IRLAND/osprey/ospreygb.htm |title=Irish Lightvessel Osprey – Lightship Batofar |publisher=www.feuerschiffseite.de |accessdate=31 October 2009 |last=Klempau |first=Iris |archive-date=8 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508025311/http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIFFE/IRLAND/osprey/ospreygb.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''[[Petrel Lightvessel|Petrel]]:''' built 1913-15 – sold 1968 – club house for [[County Down|Down]] Cruising Club in [[Ballydorn]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIFFE/IRLAND/Petrel/petrelgb.htm |title=Lightship PETREL |publisher=www.feuerschiffseite.de |accessdate=31 October 2009 |last=Klempau |first=Iris |archive-date=20 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820001147/http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIFFE/IRLAND/Petrel/petrelgb.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''[[Puffin Lightvessel]]''', Roche's Point, [[County Cork|Cork]] – washed away in 1896

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{|class="wikitable sortable" width="98%"
|-
! Name
! Built
! By
! Where
! Length
! Breadth
! Depth
!class="unsortable"|Frame!!class="unsortable"|Decks
! Cost £
! Withdrawn
!class="unsortable"|Fate
!class="unsortable"|Notes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cil.ie/sh675x4532.html|title=Lightships in the Irish Lighthouse Service|publisher=Commissioners of Irish Lights|accessdate=1 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101132933/http://www.cil.ie/sh675x4532.html|archivedate=1 January 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|Palmer's Light
|1735
|{{center|—}}||{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}||{{center|—}}||{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}||{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|1768
| &nbsp;
|Replaced by {{nowrap|[[Poolbeg Lighthouse]]}}
|-
|Richmond
|1806
|{{center|—}}||{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}||{{center|—}}||{{center|—}}
|[[Oak]]||Oak, [[teak]] and [[elm]]
|1,500
|1826
|Broken up
| &nbsp;
|-
|Seagull
|1824
|W. Roberts||[[Milford Haven]]
|67||20||{{frac|9|1|2}}
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|1,659
|1864
|Sold
|First purpose-built [[lightvessel]]
|-
|Star
|1825
|W. Roberts||Milford Haven
|67||20||9
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|1,841
|1855
|sold
|&nbsp;
|-
|Relief
|1826
|W. Roberts||Milford Haven
|67|||20||{{frac|9|1|2}}
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|1,841
|1867
|Sold
|&nbsp;
|-
|Brilliant
|1832
|Brady's||[[Dublin]]
|67||20||{{frac|9|1|2}}
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|1,983
|1867
|Sold
|&nbsp;
|-
|Seagull II
|1853
|[[Charles Hill & Sons]]||[[Bristol]]
|82||21||11
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|3,651
|1867
|Sold.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Petrel
|1854
|[[Charles Hill & Sons]]||Bristol
|82||21||11
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|3,800
|1867
|Sold.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Brilliant II
|1856
|Wheeler||[[County Cork|Cork]]
|82||21||11
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|3,200
|1913
|Sold.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Star II
|1857
|Wheeler||Cork
|82||21||11
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|3,200
|1862
|Sold.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Star III
|1862
|[[Charles Hill & Sons]]||Bristol
|91||21||10
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|4,189
|1911
|Sold and scrapped.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Relief II
|1863
|[[Charles Hill & Sons]]||Bristol
|91||21||10
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|4,189
|1925
|Sold.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Gannet
|1865
|[[Charles Hill & Sons]]||Bristol
|91||21||10
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm
|4,189
|1928
|Sold and scrapped.
|when stationed at DAUNT, run into by ''Largo Bay'', in 1884
|-
|Comet
|1867
|[[J & W Dudgeon]]||[[Cubitt Town]], London
|91||21||10
|[[Composite ship]] [[Wrought iron]]||Teak
|5,750
|1905
|Sold and scrapped.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Shamrock
|1867
|Walpole, Webb & Bewley||Dublin
|96||21||10
|Oak||Oak, teak and elm sheathed with [[muntz metal]].
|5,125
|1936
|Sold
|day markers were introduced
|-
|Osprey
|1868
|Walpole, Webb & Bewley||Dublin
|96||21||10
|Wood||Wood
|5,125
|1915
|Sold.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Albatross
|1875
|Fletcher & Farnall, Millwall||London
|91||21||10
|Wood||Wood
|5,625
|8 September 1902
|Salvaged and sold.
|Run down and sunk on Kish by RMS ''Leinster''.
|-
|Cormorant
|1878
|Victoria Shipbuilding Co||Passage West, Cork
|91||21||11
|Iron||Two thicknesses of {{convert|3|in|adj=on}} 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 Co||Milford Haven
|91||21||11
|Iron||Two thicknesses of {{convert|3|in|adj=on}} teak, sheathed with muntz metal
|8,100
|1945
|Sold and scrapped.
|&nbsp;
|-
|Puffin
|1887
|Schlesinger Davis & Co||Wallsend
|91||21||{{frac|11|1|4}}
|composite||composite
|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 & Sons||Preston
|96||{{frac|22|2|3}}||{{frac|11|3|4}}
|Steel sheathed with teak||Teak sheathed with muntz metal;
|7,900
|1955
|Sold and scrapped.
|watertight bulkhead
|-
|Guillemot
|1894
|Allsup & Sons||Preston
|96||{{frac|22|2|3}}||{{frac|11|3|4}}
|Steel sheathed with teak||Teak sheathed with muntz metal;
|7,900
|28 March 1917
|Sunk by a German submarine
|crew survived
|-
|Kittiwake
|1898
|Allsup & Sons||Preston
|96||24||12
|Steel sheathed with teak||Teak 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 & Sons||Preston
|96||24||12
|Steel sheathed with teak||Teak sheathed with muntz metal;
|7,900
|28 March 1917
|Sunk by a German submarine
|Crew survived
|-
|Fulmar
|1904
| J. Reid||Glasgow
|96||23||{{frac|12|1|4}}
|Steel||Iron
|6,600
|1964
|Sold for scrap
|Five watertight bulkheads
|-
|Comet II
|1904
| J. Reid||Glasgow
|96||23||{{frac|12|1|4}}
|Steel||Iron
|6,740
|1965
|Became [[Radio Scotland]]
|Crew rescued by {{ship|RNLB|Mary Stanford|ON 733|6}} 1936
|-
|Penguin
|1910
|Dublin Dockyard||Dublin
|100||24||{{frac|12|1|4}}
|Steel||Iron
|7,230
|1966
|renamed ''Hallowe'en'', as a Youth Adventure Sea Training Vessel
|1995 Maritime Museum at Inveraray Pier
|-
|Tern
|1912
|L. Hawthorn & Co||Leith
|102||24||{{frac|13|1|4}}
|Steel||Iron
|7,420
|1967
|Sold and scrapped
|Wireless
|-
|Petrel
|1915
|Dublin Dockyard||Dublin
|102||24||{{frac|13|1|4}}
|Steel||Iron
|10,310
|1968
|Club House for Down Cruising Club, Strangford Lough
|now privately owned
|-
|Guillemot
|1923
|Cran & Somerville||Leith
|102||24||{{frac|12|1|2}}
|Steel||Steel
|17,700
|1968
|now Wexford Maritime Museum
|Set in concrete at Kilmore Quay. Scrapped in 2011.
|-
|Albatross
|1925
|H. Robb Ltd||Leith
|102||24||{{frac|13|1|4}}
|Steel||Iron
|15,650
|1970
|sold to Scouting Association of Ireland
|now privately owned in Arklow
|-
|Gannet
|1954
|[[Philip and Son]]||Dartmouth
|134||25||15
|Steel||Steel
|95,200
|still in service
|as an automatic light float
|&nbsp;
|-
|Osprey
|1955
|Philip & Son||Dartmouth
|134||25||15
|Steel||Steel
|98,100
|1975
|Sold
|Moored on the [[Seine]], Paris as the [[Le Batofar|Batofar Restaurant]]
|-
|Shearwater
|1955
|Philip & Son||Dartmouth
|134||25||15
|Steel||Steel
|98,100
|1976
|Sold for scrap
|&nbsp;
|-
|Kittiwake
|1959
|Philip & Son||Dartmouth
|134||25||15
|Steel||Steel
|124,128
|2005
|Sold
|moored beside O2 (Point Depot), Dublin
|-
|Skua
|1960
|Philip & Son||Dartmouth
|134||25||15
|Steel||Steel
|124,128
|2005
|Rotting at the North Quay of Arklow Harbour
|The "Blue Planet" charity are seeking restoration funds<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blueplanetchatity.ning.com/|title=Blue Planet Charity|work=Lightship Skua, promoting renewaible energy|accessdate=28 January 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108154950/http://blueplanetchatity.ning.com/|archivedate=8 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|Cormorant
|1964
|[[Charles Hill & Sons]]||Bristol
|133||{{frac|26|1|2}}||{{frac|19|1|2}}
|Steel||Steel
|145,750
|1983
|Sold
|&nbsp;
|}

==Lightvessel stations==
* '''Coningbeg,''' off the [[Saltee Islands]], 14&nbsp;km from the [[County Wexford]] coast, was established in 1824 and replaced on 26 February 2007 with a "Superbuoy"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enniscorthyecho.ie/news/story/?trs=cwojqlauoj |title=End of service for the Coningbeg |publisher=Enniscorthy Echo |date=15 March 2007 |accessdate=31 October 2009 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Lighthouses in Ireland]]
* [[Lightvessel stations of Great Britain]]
* [[List of lightvessels of Great Britain]]
* [[List of lighthouses and lightvessels]]

==Gallery==
<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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.batofar.org/?cat=449 |title=Beat the Boat: Batofar |publisher=www.batofar.org |accessdate=1 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210054304/http://www.batofar.org/?cat=449 |archive-date=10 December 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> moored on the [[Seine]], Paris
File:TheO2pic.JPG|LV ''Kittiwake'', moored on the [[River Liffey|Liffey]], Dublin
File:DauntRescueGribble.png|Oil painting by [[Bernard Finnigan Gribble]] of the rescue of the crew of LV ''Comet'' by {{ship|RNLB|Mary Stanford|ON 733|6}} 1936
File:Petrel.JPG|A model of LV ''Petrel''. <br/>Note the day marker on the mast.
File:Irish lightvessel-Kilmore Quay Maritime museum.jpg|''LV Guillemot'' 'berthed' in concrete at [[Kilmore Quay]] as a [[Museum ship|maritime museum]].
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090101132933/http://www.cil.ie/sh675x4532.html Lightships in the Commissioners of Irish Lights service]
* [http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/startgb.htm Lightships from all over the world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605141531/http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/startgb.htm |date=5 June 2007 }}

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