Light Vessel 16 Colne Light | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1573

Status Registered

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Previous names

LV16

Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Light vessel

Location Colchester

Vessel type Light Vessel

Current use Commercial Activity

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Philip & Sons, Dartmouth

Built in 1954

Hull material Steel

Rig None

Number of decks 3

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Towed

Primary engine type None

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

26.00 feet (7.93m)

Depth

10.00 feet (3.05m)

Length: Overall

99.93 feet (30.48m)

Tonnage: Gross

129.00

History

Trinity House Lightvessel Number 16, T.S. COLNE LIGHT, is a steel lightship built by Philip & Son Ltd., of Dartmouth in 1954. She was commissioned by Trinity House in January 1953 and was launched in July 1954. On 6 December 1960, she was damaged whilst at South Goodwin Station. However, she remained in service until being decommissioned in 1988. She was sold for use as a sea cadet training ship headquarters and is now based in Colchester.

Key dates

1990
Vessel purchased by a Sea Cadet Unit and towed up the River Colne and moored by the Spinnaker public house
1991
Commissioned by the Duke of York
1992
Sold to the Sea Cadets and towed to Colchester
1995
Vessel moved to its present position at King Edward Quay when the road bridge Colne Causeway was built. The port closed in 2002 and now the river is too shallow for her to leave
2001
Some refurbishment started and vessel used as a training ship
2008
A Sustainability Grant of £2000 for an engine room access project was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

Grants

October 2008
A Sustainability Grant of ú2000 for an engine room access project was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships