Channel Light Vessel Automatic
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Channel Light Vessel
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Channel lightvessel 23 at Canning Dock
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom |
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| Operator: | Trinity House |
| In service: | 25th November 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Lightvessel |
 Channel Light Vessel
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| Focal height | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Range | 15 mi (24 km) |
| Characteristic | F0.3 15s |
| Fog signal | 1 blast of 2 seconds every 20 seconds |
| Managing agent | Trinity House |
Channel Light Vessel Automatic is the name of a lightvessel in the English Channel. It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are automatically reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast. The vessel's position is Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., approximately 56 km (35 mi) north-northwest of Guernsey.
The lightvessel marks the western end of the English Channel Traffic Separation Zone.[1]
Signals
The light, on a 12 m (39 ft) tower, has a range of about 15 miles, and flashes for .3 seconds every 15 seconds. The fog signal gives a single 2 second blast every 20 seconds. The agile radio beacon transmits the letter "O" in morse code on X band and S band frequencies for nine seconds every thirty seconds.[2]
References
- ↑ Trinity House Information
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