Greenwich Lightvessel
{{short description|Light vessel station in the English Channel}}
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Greenwich is a lightvessel station in the English Channel, off the coast of East Sussex. It is operated by Trinity House.{{cite web |url=https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/greenwich-lightvessel |title=Greenwich Lightvessel |website=Trinity House |accessdate=2017-02-08}} It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast but was dropped from broadcasts some time during 2019, before being reinstated. The name of the station derives from the fact that is located close to the Greenwich (or Prime) Meridian.
The vessel currently on this station is the solar powered Trinity House Lightvessel No. 5, built in 1946 and in active service at various stations around the British coast since 1947.{{cite web |url=http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIFFE/ENGLAND/lv05/lv5gb.htm | title=Trinity House Lightvessel No. 5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012054/http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIFFE/ENGLAND/lv05/lv5gb.htm |archive-date=2015-09-24 | date=14 January 2014}}
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- {{cite web |url=http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariner_info/notice_to_mariners/d/09102012.html |title=Notice to mariners |website=Trinity House |date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923124650/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariner_info/notice_to_mariners/d/09102012.html |archivedate=23 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
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Category:Lightships of the United Kingdom
Category:Lighthouses of the English Channel
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