Longships Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Cape Lands End in Cornwall , UK .
| Longship Lighthouse | |
|---|---|
| English Longships lighthouse | |
 | |
| A country | |
| Cape | Lands End , Cornwall |
| Construction date | 1795 |
| Beacon height | 35 m |
| NUM height | 35 |
| Distance | 15 m |
| Auto | Yes |
| Acting | Yes |
The first lighthouse tower was built in 1795 by the architect Samuel Wyatt. The lantern was 24 meters above sea level, but a very open sea hid its light [1] . In 1869, Trinity House began construction of a replacement lighthouse. [2] During the construction of the tower, most of the equipment that was previously used in the construction of the Wolf Rock lighthouse was used. The tower was first used in December 1873 [2] . Even after these improvements, the SS Bluejacket wrecked on the rocks near the lighthouse on a clear night in 1898, almost destroying the lighthouse.
Since 1988, the lighthouse has become fully automatic. Its light is visible at a distance of 20 km. It produces a long five-second flash every ten seconds. The flashes are white when viewed from the sea, but turn red if the ship enters too close to the cliffs. In fog, the beacon emits a signal every ten seconds.
See also
- List of lighthouses in England and Wales
Notes
- ↑ Trinity House website; Longships lighthouse ; retrieved April 2010
- ↑ 1 2 Nicholson, Christopher. Rock lighthouses of Britain The end of an era ?. - Whittles Publishing, 1995. - P. 72–73. - ISBN 1-870325-41-9 .