Name Lightship 95

LIGHT VESSEL 95 SOUTH GOODWIN, known as LIGHTSHIP 95, was built in 1939 by Philip & Sons of Dartmouth for Trinity House. She was stationed mainly at the South Goodwin station on the Goodwin Sands, and was also stationed at Outer Gabbard, Fall, and Inner Dowsing. She was the first UK light vessel to be converted to solar power in the 1990s, which allowed for her to be automated. In 1999, the vessel underwent a complete refit, with all original machinery and crew accommodation being removed.

In 2003, she was sold out of service and moved to Hoo Marina, and that same year was purchased by B Philips, who between 2003 and 2008 refitted LIGHTSHIP 95 as a floating recording studio and moved her to Trinity Buoy Wharf, where she is currently based. B Philips ran the studio until 2017, when it was taken over by Soup Studios. In 2021, Soup Studios moved to a new premises, and the studio aboard LIGHTSHIP 95 is being run by D Holmes & G Barrett, who previously worked at Soup Studios.