Lightships in the North Sea being towed into port before being decommissioned 1986 Photographed for Illustrated London News in 1986 scanned in 2020 The majority of British lightvessels were decommissioned during the 1970s - 1980s and replaced with light floats or LANBY buoys, which were vastly cheaper to maintain: in 1974 at the time of Trinity House's original development project, lightship annual running costs at £30,000 were ten times those of the LANBY

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Size: 5973px × 3956px
Location: North Sea UK
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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