Lightship
A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse in areas deemed unsuitable for proper lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, the first modern lightship was invented by Robert Hamblin in 1734 and was located off the Nore sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames in London, England.Photo: SteKrueBe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: scheepsbezoek@mpmstichting.be
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ship or boat that acts as a lighthouse in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction
- Also known as: “Lichtschip 3 West-Hinder”, “light vessel”, “lightship”, “lightvessel”, “West-Hinder 3”, and “West-Hinder III”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Antwerp Maritime Academy and Suezdok.
Antwerp Maritime Academy
College
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
The Antwerp Maritime Academy is a university college in Belgium, located in the north of Antwerp. The academy trains future officers of the Merchant Navy and Belgian Navy. Antwerp Maritime Academy is situated 480 metres west of Lightship.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Noordkasteel and Oosterweel.
Schipperskwartier
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Schipperskwartier is a historic neighbourhood in the city of Antwerp, Belgium, known primarily as the city's red-light district. The district is located close to the old port and north of the historic centre of Antwerp.
Lightship
- Categories: watercraft type, working vessel, lit beacon, ship, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.23969° or 51° 14′ 23″ northLongitude
4.40446° or 4° 24′ 16″ eastOperator
MPMOpen location code
9F366CQ3+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1340715752OpenStreetMap feature
building=shipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q831515
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lightship” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منارة عائمة”
- Azerbaijani: “Üzən mayak”
- Basque: “Itsasargi-ontzi”
- Bulgarian: “плаващ фар”
- Bulgarian: “Плаващ фар”
- Chinese: “灯台船”
- Chinese: “灯船”
- Chinese: “燈船”
- Croatian: “brodovi-svjetionici”
- Croatian: “Brodovi-svjetionici”
- Czech: “majáková loď”
- Czech: “Majáková loď”
- Danish: “fyrskib”
- Danish: “Fyrskib”
- Dutch: “lichtschip”
- Dutch: “Lichtschip”
- Dutch: “vuurtorenschip”
- Esperanto: “lumŝipo”
- Esperanto: “Lumŝipo”
- Estonian: “Tulelaev”
- Finnish: “majakkalaiva”
- Finnish: “Majakkalaiva”
- French: “bateau feu”
- French: “bateau feux”
- French: “bateau-feu”
- French: “bateau-feux”
- French: “bateau-phare”
- French: “Bateau-phare”
- French: “bateaux feux”
- French: “bateaux-feux”
- German: “Feuerschiff”
- German: “FS”
- German: “Leuchtfeuerschiff”
- German: “Leuchtschiff”
- German: “Light Vessel”
- Greek: “φαρόπλοιο”
- Greek: “Φαρόπλοιο”
- Hebrew: “אוניית מגדלור”
- Icelandic: “vitaskip”
- Icelandic: “Vitaskip”
- Italian: “nave faro”
- Italian: “nave-faro”
- Italian: “Nave-faro”
- Japanese: “灯台船”
- Japanese: “灯船”
- Korean: “등대 배”
- Korean: “등대배”
- Korean: “등대선”
- Korean: “등선”
- Latvian: “bākas kuģis”
- Latvian: “kuģis kā bāka”
- Latvian: “ugunskuģis”
- Macedonian: “брод-светилник”
- Macedonian: “Брод-светилник”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “fyrskip”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrskip”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “fyrskip”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fyrskip”
- Norwegian: “Fyrskip”
- Persian: “کشتی راهنما”
- Polish: “latarniowiec”
- Polish: “Latarniowiec”
- Portuguese: “barco farol”
- Portuguese: “barco-farol”
- Portuguese: “navio farol”
- Portuguese: “Navio-farol”
- Russian: “плавучие маяки”
- Russian: “плавучий маоек”
- Russian: “плавучий маяк”
- Russian: “Плавучий маяк”
- Serbian: “brod svetionik”
- Serbian: “брод светионик”
- Serbian: “Брод светионик”
- Serbo-Croatian: “brod-svjetionik”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Brod-svjetionik”
- Slovak: “majáková loď”
- Slovenian: “ladja svetilnik”
- Slovenian: “svetilniška ladja”
- Slovenian: “Svetilniška ladja”
- Spanish: “buque faro”
- Spanish: “Buque faro”
- Swedish: “fyrskepp”
- Swedish: “Fyrskepp”
- Ukrainian: “плавучий маяк”
- Ukrainian: “Плавучий маяк”
- Welsh: “goleulong”
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