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resemblance to those fitted when many of the vessels were launched. Yet some of the hulls remained in


service for an extraordinary length of time. Philip & Son lightvessels built at Noss continued working


many decades aſter the men who had originally built and crewed them had gone. Philip & Son finally closed in 1999


aſter around 140 years of shipbuild- ing. Te former Noss Works has


since been redeveloped as a marina, but its industrial history remains an important part of the story of the Dart. Te lightships are perhaps one


of the most distinctive parts of that legacy. Tey were not glamorous vessels. Teir job was simply to remain on station, oſten in some of the most dangerous waters around Britain, showing a light through the darkness and warning passing ships where the danger lay.


Authors: Lyndon Pritchard, Lightves- selsandlightships and Jonathan Turner, Dartmouth Museum and Dartmouth History Research Group


DHRG


LV16, Cromer, fitting out in the dry dock at Sandquay. Handed over to Trinity House 30 Sept 1954. HMS Venus F50 in background. Painting by Harold Ing, 1955. Courtesy Dartmouth Museum


On 13 November at 5.30pm, the Flavel Arts Centre will host a film and talk about the Noss shipyard, with surviving members of the Philip & Son workforce who worked there in its final years. It will be a rare opportunity to hear first-hand memories of working at one of Dartmouth’s great shipyards. Don’t


miss it.


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