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Name: Lightship 15   

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Nearest Town or City:
Tollesbury, , United Kingdom

Location: Woodrolfe Creek, north side of Blackwater estuary, North Sea coast of England.

Managing Organization:
Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust

Website: http://www.fact.org.uk
Email: info@fact.org.uk

Contact Address Information:
The Sail Lofts, Woodrolfe Road
Tollesbury, Essex
United Kingdom

Notes:
This vessel served from 1960 to 1969 as the Scarweather Lightship off the Tyne estuary in the North Sea, then 1969 to 1980 as the Swansea Lightship in the Bristol Channel.

Description of Tower: 119-foot two-masted steel lightship; tower with lantern and gallery amidships.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1955

Date Deactivated: 1988

Current Use: Accommodations for programs participants.

Open To Public? Grounds only.


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