Lightship 2000
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Lightship 2000 (Welsh: Goleulong 2000) was a restored old red lightvessel with a cafe and chapel on board situated in Cardiff Bay. During the redevelopment of Cardiff Bay, the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation called together the churches in Cardiff to discuss the role of Christianity in the Bay.[3] Lightship 2000 was the result of these discussions.
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Lightship 2000, April 2015 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Light Vessel 14 |
Operator | Trinity House |
Ordered | September 1951 |
Builder | Philip and Son, Dartmouth, Devon |
Cost | £80,685 |
Yard number | 1246 |
Launched | 22 September 1953 |
Commissioned | 27 November 1953 |
Fate | Sold, 1991 |
Status | Undergoing restoration |
General characteristics [1][2] | |
Type | Lightvessel |
Displacement | 550 long tons (559 t) |
Length | 137 ft 3 in (41.83 m) o/a |
Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Crew | 7 |
Aviation facilities | Helipad (from 1975) |
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