Press Releases - back to Press 16th August 2006
Northern Lighthouse Board ship PHAROS to call at Stromness for last time
Last week the Northern Lighthouse Board announced they have sold their ship NLV PHAROS and she will leave their service on 6 September 2006. Following a few days in Leith, the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses and the Board’s Edinburgh based staff got the opportunity to say their farewells. PHAROS will now make the journey north to Orkney for the last time before she leaves the Board’s service.
PHAROS will call at Stromness on Saturday morning (19 August) and will alongside at the Ferry Pier until Monday morning for serving and retired NLB staff and families to visit.
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PHAROS has been sold to a company based in the Falkland Islands and will be used as a fishery patrol and logistic support vessel, carrying passengers and stores at times in the South Atlantic on a long term charter to the South Georgia Government.
PHAROS was launched by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 and has sailed out of Oban since she was brought into service in 1993. She was the 9th vessel to bear the name PHAROS, a tradition that will be carried on when the Board’s replacement vessel PHAROS (10th) arrives later this year.
NEW PHAROS Details
The new PHAROS will be delivered into service in December 2006. She was launched on 2 February in Gdansk, Poland by the Board’s Patron Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.New Ship Specification
Class Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (LRS) with Notations +100A1, +LMC, +UMS, CAC, DP(AA), MCM, NAV, IBS, LA, EP
Principle Dimensions
Length Overall (LOA) 84.20m
Breadth Moulded 16.50m
Design Draft 4.25m
Accommodation 30 cabins
Proposed Manning 7 Officers & 11 PO/Crew
Propulsion 2 x 1500kw Rolls Royce Azimuthing Units
Generation Wartsila Engines 3 x 1370ekw – 2 x 685ekwEquipped with
• dynamic positioning
• large aft working deck area
• integrated bridge management system
• 30 Tonne Crane
• forward helicopter flight deck
• hydrographic surveying
• wreck finding
• latest environmental standards
• better and safer working environmentNorthern Lighthouse Board
The Northern Lighthouse Board operates under statute - the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 - and is the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man.The Board currently operates: 212 Lighthouses, 154 Buoys, 47 Beacons, 4 Differential Global Positioning System Stations and 1 Loran-C Station on trial.
The Northern Lighthouse Board is funded entirely from the General Lighthouse Fund, sourced by "Light Dues", a levy paid by shipping. The Board receives no direct funding from the Exchequer or taxpayer.The other General Lighthouse Authorities are the Commissioners of Irish Lights (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and Trinity House Lighthouse Service (England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar).
The Northern Lighthouse Board is certificated to ISO9001:2000 standard for the provision of navigational aid services to seafarers and other organisations around the coast of Scotland and Isle of Man. Certification covers the design and maintenance of navigational aids and systems, logistical support and associated technical services including consultancy. The Board is also certified to The International Safety Management Code, (ISM Code) in respect of our ships and marine management systems and OHSAS 18001.
For further information, please contact:-
Lorna Hunter, Information OfficerNorthern Lighthouse Board
Tel 0131 473 3100
Fax 0131 220 2093
Email: enquiries@nlb.org.uk
www.nlb.org.uk