NLV Pole Star
The NLV Pole Star passing Greenock
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | NLV Pole Star |
Operator | Northern Lighthouse Board |
Port of registry | Leith |
Builder | Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow |
Yard number | 709[1] |
Laid down | 28 July 1999 |
Completed | 15 September 2000 |
Homeport | Oban |
Identification |
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Status | in service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lloyd's + 100A1, LA, + LMC, UMS |
Type | Buoy / Lighthouse Vessel |
Tonnage |
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Displacement | 1,174 tonnes |
Length | o/a: 51.52 m; B.P: 44.00 m |
Beam | 12 m |
Height | Air Draught 25 m |
Draught | 3.2 m |
Depth | to Upper Deck: 5.00 m |
Propulsion | Cummins-Wärtsilä CW8L170 - 3 × 920 kW AC Diesel-electric dynamic positioning system, 2 × azimuth thrusters, 2 × tunnel bow thrusters |
Speed | 12 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | Workboat: Sea Rover 5.5 m |
Capacity | 15 × Single Berth Cabins, 2 × Twin Berth Cabins |
Complement | 6 × Officers, 9 × Ratings |
Notes | [2] |
NLV Pole Star is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Pole Star was joined by a new vessel, NLV Pharos in March 2007, which replaced the previous vessel of the same name.[3] Although the headquarters of the NLB is in Edinburgh, both vessels can be serviced by a workbase in Oban on the west coast.
History[edit]
Pole Star was completed in 2000 by Ferguson Shipbuilders on the River Clyde. She is the fourth NLB vessel to carry the name and replaced the 37-year-old MV Fingal. In memory of this vessel, Pole Star has a workboat onboard named Fingal.[4]
In October 2020, the ship visit Rosyth Dockyard for repair, maintenance and safety checks.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "NLV Pole Star Update". Following the Lights. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "NLV Pole Star". Northern Lighthouse Board. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^ "NLB Ships through time". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "News Archive". The Orcadian. 10–17 September 2000. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^ "Babcock completes work on NLV Pole Star for Northern Lighthouse Board". ADS. Retrieved 3 June 2024.