Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic

Sandettie
History
United Kingdom
Namesake: Sandettie Bank
Operator: Trinity House
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (1947–1948)
Launched: 1949
Out of service: 1989 (previous vessel)
Identification: MMSI number: 992351029
Fate: Museum ship (previous vessel)
General characteristics
Type: Lightvessel
Displacement: 450 tons
Length: 47.5 m (156 ft)
Beam: 7.65 m (25.1 ft)
Draft: 3.5 m (11 ft)
Speed: 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Sandettie Light Vessel
Sandettie Light Vessel
Location United Kingdom
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Coordinates 51°09.355′N 1°47.122′E / 51.155917°N 1.785367°E / 51.155917; 1.785367Coordinates: 51°09.355′N 1°47.122′E / 51.155917°N 1.785367°E / 51.155917; 1.785367
Focal height 12 m (39 ft)
Range 15 nautical mile
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Characteristic Fl 5s
Fog signal 1 blast of 3 seconds every 30 seconds
Racon T (–)
Managing agent Trinity House

Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic is the name of a lightvessel stationed in the North Sea. It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast.[1]

The vessel is named after her location on the Sandettie Bank, to the north of Calais and east of the Strait of Dover. The ship has no engine and is unmanned. Its lights are powered by solar panels.

According to the French Wikipedia, the previous Sandettie lightship was put out of service in 1989 and is now a museum ship moored in Dunkirk harbour museum (fr).[2]

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