LV Abertay
The LV Abertay was built for the Dundee Harbour Trust and cost £36,000.
The Abertay was launched at the Caledon Shipyard on 18 April 1939 and finally delivered to the Harbour Trust on 10 July 1939.
She was requisitioned in May 1945 and repositioned to mark the end of an offshore swept channel ('Gap A') , but was repositioned in the Tay in early 1946.
In 1971, at a cost of £120,000, she became the first lightship in Europe to be automated and was painted black instead of red.
In 1984, the Abertay was withdrawn from service and replaced by a high focal plane buoy.
After being laid up in 1984, the Abertay was towed to Harwich and put to use as an automation test rig for Trinity House in 1985.
In the spring of 1992, the Abertay was scrapped.
Ref: GD324/6/3/71/4
LV Abertay
The LV Abertay was built for the Dundee Harbour Trust and cost £36,000.
The Abertay was launched at the Caledon Shipyard on 18 April 1939 and finally delivered to the Harbour Trust on 10 July 1939.
She was requisitioned in May 1945 and repositioned to mark the end of an offshore swept channel ('Gap A') , but was repositioned in the Tay in early 1946.
In 1971, at a cost of £120,000, she became the first lightship in Europe to be automated and was painted black instead of red.
In 1984, the Abertay was withdrawn from service and replaced by a high focal plane buoy.
After being laid up in 1984, the Abertay was towed to Harwich and put to use as an automation test rig for Trinity House in 1985.
In the spring of 1992, the Abertay was scrapped.
Ref: GD324/6/3/71/4