Previous names
- 1954 - 1985 LV14
- 1988 - 2012 GOLEULONG LIGHTSHIP 2000
Details
Construction
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History
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.
Key dates
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1954
Built in Dartmouth by Philip & Son Ltd.
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1975
Landing platforms were added to her so that crews could be relieved by helicopter
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1988
Purchased and transformed into a floating Christian Centre
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2015
Towed to Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire, to be turned into a Museum
Sources
Road, Alan, The Times: The way, the truth, the light, pp23, 22 May 1999
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