Technical data;
Length o.a.: 134 feet (ca. 40,85 m)
Length: 119,6 feet (ca. 36,45 m)
Beam: 25 feet (ca. 7,62 m)
Draught: 15 feet (ca. 4,57 m)
Displacement: 519 tons (fully loaded)
Authority: Trinity House, London
Year of construction: 1938
Shipyard: Phillip & Son, Dartmouth, Devon, England
Yard-No.: 848
Tender price: £27,207, profit: £5,147
Material: steel (riveted)
History:
June 1937: ordered by Trinity House, London
November 1st, 1938: launched
January 27th, 1939: handed over to Trinity House, London
1939: Galloper station
13.12.1941-20.05.1942: Mine watching vessel in the River Thames
1947-1953: East Goodwin station
1954-1974: Galloper station
1981: automated by Holman & Sons at Penzance
1996: converted to solar power
1998: Inner Dowsing station
2000: Sunk station
January 2001: stationed at Foxtrot-3 at the northern end of the English Channel separation zone
September 2004: Trinity House sold the lightship for 20,000 Pound Sterling by auction.
January 2005: The lightship had been towed to the east end of London and the new owner, who is a photographer, converted it into a photographic studio and location. There are a great variety of different spaces to use and a spectacular view over the Thames and the Millennium Dome.