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Managing Organization:
Museum Harbour
Notes:
This lightship was built for Trinity House in England. It served 1939-1980 at the Shipwash and Morecombe Bay station, and 1981-1990 at the Newarp station. In 2002 it was acquired by the Open Haven Museum in Amsterdam and was exhibited with the name "Zeeburg" on the side. The Open Haven Museum closed in 2003. As of December 2004, the lightship is slated to go on exhibit at the Museum Harbour at the former NDSM Shipyard in Amsterdam.
Description of Tower: 134-foot steel lightship with light tower amidships.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1939
Date Deactivated: 1990
Current Use: Exhibit.
Open To Public? Yes.
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