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Lightship West-Hinder III in Antwerp
The West-Hinder III is one of three lightships that have been built at the shipyard Beliard Crighton & Co. Scheepswerf in Ostend in 1950. It was the third and last generation of lightships that would be deployed at the sandbanks. The ships were normally deployed on turn at the namesake sandbank West Hinder (North-East of Nieuwpoort), but sometimes also at the sandbank Wandelaar near Zeebrugge. The ships functioned as beacons for the ships and signalled dangerous places at sea. The last lightship retired in 1994.
Info
Length:
42,5m
Beam:
7,80m
Draft:
3m
Speed:
8kts - 15km/h
Crew:
9
Year built:
1950
Brutto tonnage:
420
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