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. |