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What is a lightship?

What is a lightship? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A ship equipped with a very large lamp; it can be positioned to warn off other ships from dangerous locations, as a sort of portable lighthouse.
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The last lightship in Scotland has been given a substantial lottery grant to prevent it from falling into dereliction.
The underwriter also carried out a post-occurrence inclining experiment to establish the vessel's lightship characteristics.
The lightship has had uplighters added to its fore and aft masts with lighting units added around its deck and jetty.
A computerized model was produced and an inclining experiment was carried out to establish the vessel's lightship characteristics.
The lightship was considerably damaged and would have to be removed from the station.
It has the world's best-preserved wooden lightship with an exhibition showing how the crew lived and worked in those early days.

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