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Tri-County Amateur Radio Club 7a Sheepwalk Road, Castlerobin, Lisburmn @2022
LIGHTHOUSES ON THE AIR - THE LIGHTSHIP PETREL LOCATED IN STRANGFORD LOUGH
WAB: J56
ILLW Number UK0092
Grid locator IO74EL
Lat: 54.490924
Lon: -5.649294
TRI-COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB will be participating in the 2025 International Lighthouse Lightship weekend event from a locaton within
sight of the Lightship LV Petrel which is permanently 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 light-
vessel in Ireland.
She spent most of her service life at Blackwater Bank on the river Blackwater, Wexford.
The light-vessel was decommissioned in 1968, following her decommissioning, she was sold to Hammond Lane Foundries 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
