WAB: J56

ILLW Number UK0092 Grid locator IO74EL Lat: 54.490924 Lon: -5.649294

TRI-COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB will be participating in the 2024 International Lighthouse Lightship weekend event from a locaton within sight of the Lightship LV Petrel which is permantly berthed in Strangford Lough. Lightship Petrel was built in 1915. The vessel was constructed by the Dublin dockyard company and she is the only remaining floating lightvessel in Ireland. She spent most of her service life at Blackwater Bank on the river Blackwater, Wexford. The lightvessel was decomissioned in 1968, following her decomissioning, she was sold to Hammond Lane Founderies in Dublin. The Down Cruising club at Strangford Lough subsequently bought her and have now fully restored her. Length overall: 34.9 metres Beam: 7.09 metres Depth: 2.97 metres