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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 boat was a lightship, essentially a lighthouse on a ship, a ship with a lighthouse stuck in the middle of it.
On October 26, 1973, the Nantucket lightship reported sustained winds of 115 knots, and seas of 45 feet.
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.
Like the lightship, the wreck rests in around 34m of water so it's another deep, dark dive.

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