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lightship::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of lightship
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One boat made it to Cuttyhunk, and the other to the Vineyard Sound lightship.
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The basin is the home for Cabot Cruising Club who own the lightship John Sebastian.
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A lightship was placed at Sand Key until the lighthouses could be rebuilt.
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Four schooners and the manned Channel Rock lightship were lost.
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For the Daunt lightship rescue in 1936, the RNLB Mary Stanford and her entire crew were decorated.
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Clearly the motor that raises the anchor on this old lightship was toast and the thing was going nowhere.
From the bloomberg.com
It was from the Shipwash lightship 29 kilometres away.
From the newscientist.com
The first lightship was positioned at the Nore in 1732.
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A lightship marks the entrance to the Lynn Channel, the one safe channel from the North Sea to the Wash's south coast.
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- A ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable
- Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails) are a form of spacecraft propulsion using the radiation pressure of light from a star or laser to push enormous ultra-thin mirrors to high speeds.
- (Lightships) A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship which acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction. ...
- (Lightships) Navigation aids consisting of unmanned small vessels equipped with lights. Phased out in the early 1980s.
- A light placed on a ship. The ship remained in a fixed position. Most lightships have been replaced by lit buoys or other structures.
- A ship, usually fitted with a light beacon on a tall mast, that served as a lighthouse where it was not practical to build one.
