Lightships in the North Sea being towed into port before being decommissioned 1986 Seen here: THV Patricia towing Falls Lightship. 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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Location: North Sea UK
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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