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Lightvessel No. 11
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Lightvessel No.11 was a lightvessel that was in service in the Irish Sea from 1951 to 1988.[1] She was built in 1951 for Trinity House by Philip & Son Ltd in Dartmouth, England.
![]() Lightship No.11 Breeveertien in 2005 | |
History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Ordered | March 1950 [1] |
Builder | Philip and Son, Dartmouth[1] |
Cost | £67,269 [1] |
Yard number | 1223 [1] |
Launched | 15 August 1951 [1] |
Status | Restored as a floating restaurant |
General characteristics | |
Length | 41.94 m (137.6 ft) |
Beam | 7.56 m (24.8 ft) |
Draught | 4.24 m (13.9 ft) |
She was used as a lightvessel near St Gowans Banks and Morecambe Bay before being retired on 21 October 1988. She was sold to Pounds Marine Services in 1991 for £20,000, arriving in Portsmouth on 16 July 1991. She was later sold to Gus van der Loodt in 1995, who towed her to Rotterdam to convert her to a floating restaurant, opening as Breeveertien in 1999, moored in the Wijnhaven, Rotterdam, except for a brief period in April/May 2009 where she underwent a refit and restoration under new owners. On 1 November 2009 [1] she became the Restaurant Tinto,[2] and in 2014 a "British gastropub", now named "V11" or "Vessel 11", and still in the Wijnhaven.[3]