The NLV Pole Star at the Glasgow River Festival 2007 |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | NLV Pole Star |
| Operator: | Northern Lighthouse Board |
| Port of registry: | Leith |
| Builder: | Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 28 July 1999 |
| Completed: | 15 September 2000 |
| Homeport: | Oban |
| Identification: | ZQQC5 |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lloyd's + 100A1, LA, + LMC, UMS |
| Type: | Buoy / Lighthouse Vessel |
| Tonnage: |
Gross Tonnage: 1174 Tonnes |
| Displacement: | 1,174 tonnes |
| Length: | o/a: 51.52 m; B.P: 44.00 m |
| Beam: | 12 m |
| Height: | Air Draught 25 m |
| Draught: | 3.2 m |
| Depth: | to Upper Deck: 5.00 m |
| Propulsion: | Cummins Wartsila CW8L170 - 3 x 920 kW AC Diesel-electric dynamic positioning system, 2 x azimuth thrusters, 2 x tunnel bow thrusters |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
Workboat: Sea Rover 5.5 m |
| Capacity: |
15 x Single Berth Cabins, 2 x Twin Berth Cabins |
| Complement: | 6 x Officers, 9 x Ratings |
| Notes: | [1] |
NLV Pole Star is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Pole Star was completed in 2000 by Ferguson Shipbuilders on the River Clyde. She is the fourth NLB vessel to carry the name and replaced the 37 year old NLV Fingal. In memory of this vessel, Pole Star has a workboat onboard named Fingal.[2]
Pole Star was joined by a new vessel, NLV Pharos in March 2007, which replaced the previous vessel of the same name.[3] Although the headquarters of the NLB is in Edinburgh, both vessels can be serviced by a workbase in Oban on the west coast.
From March 2008, Sean Rathbone has been Master of the Pole Star.[4]