Name Lightship 2000

Originally known as LV 14, this vessel is a steel lightship built in 1954 by Philip & Son Ltd., of Dartmouth. Eleven people were needed to crew her and at least seven were on board at any one time during her working life. In 1975, landing platforms were added to her so that crews could be relieved by helicopter. LIGHTSHIP 2000 was last stationed off Rhossili, on the Gower Peninsula, in South Wales. Having no power, she was towed by the tender THV WINSTON CHURCHILL from the Swansea Depot.

In 1988 the churches in Cardiff purchased LV14 and restoration began to transform her into a floating Christian Centre. During this time, she was known as GOLEULONG LIGHTSHIP 2000.

After being abandoned in 2012, in 2015 she was reported as having been towed upriver to become a museum, at Newnham on Severn. Currently, she appears to be in a mud-berth graveyard just downriver from the village.