Sandettie is a lightvessel station located at Sandettie Bank in the North Sea. It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast.[1] The vessel is named after her location on the Sandettie Bank, due north of Calais and due east of the South Foreland. The ship has no engine and is not crewed. Its lights are powered by solar panels.

Sandettie
LV Sandettie being moved by MV Alert
History
United Kingdom
NamesakeSandettie Bank
OperatorTrinity House
BuilderForges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (1947–1948)
Launched1949
Out of service1989 (previous vessel)
IdentificationMMSI number: 992351029
FateMuseum ship (previous vessel)
General characteristics
TypeLightvessel
Displacement450 tons
Length47.5 m (156 ft)
Beam7.65 m (25.1 ft)
Draft3.5 m (11 ft)
Speed6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
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LocationSandettie Bank
Coordinates51°09′21″N 1°47′07″E / 51.155917°N 1.785367°E / 51.155917; 1.785367
OperatorTrinity House Edit this on Wikidata
RaconEdit this on Wikidata
Active light
First lit1989 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height12 m (39 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Range15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Characteristic Fl W 5s Edit this on Wikidata

The previous Sandettie lightship was taken out of service in 1989 and is now a museum ship moored in Dunkirk harbour museum (fr).[2][3] In 2019 Simon Armitage published a collection of poems named Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic after the lightvessel's weather station.[4]

The previous Sandettie light ship in Dunkerque harbour
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  • The optical and acoustic signaling scheme and the radio-signal scheme of Sandettie lightvessel, ie the signal pattern of the light signal, the fog horn and the radio stationin accordance with NOTICE TO MARINERS 2/2012 C1 Sandettie Light Vessel No.2/12 C1, by Order Captain R. H. Barker, Director of Navigational Requirements, Trinity House, London, EC3N 4DH, 11 January 2012
  • Article about the lightship in the French Wikipedia
  • "Notice to Mariners". Trinity House. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014.

Observations and Weather

References

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  1. ^ "Sandettie Lightvessel". Trinity House.
  2. ^ "Story of light-ship Sandettie". MarMuCommerce. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Musée Portuaire de Dunkerque - 1 musée, 3 bateaux, 1 phare... Et même plus !". Musée Portuaire de Dunkerque. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ Faber & Faber.