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| Construction-Number: | Lightvessel No.10 - Texel | ||
| NATO-Number: | No. A833 | ||
| Year of Construction: | July 1950 - September 1952 | ||
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Shipyard: | Rijkswerft Willemsoord, Den Helder | |
| Launch: | August 11th 1951 | ||
| Length o.a.: | 45,40 m | ||
| Beam: | 7,92 m | ||
| Draught: | 2,88 m | ||
| Waterline - Masttop: | 29 m | ||
| Height of light above waterline: | 16 m | ||
| Weight (displacement): | 493,082 tons | ||
| Berths: | 16x / 7 Cabins | ||
| First day of Service: | September 30th 1952 | ||
| Supplier of Optical Apparatus: | Bénard, Barbier & Turenne | ||
| Type of Optical Apparatus: | 4th Order revolving (300mm - 8 panels) | ||
| Type of Lamps: | Philips - 2000W / 220V | ||
| Lampchanger: | triple | ||
| Character: | Fl(3+1)W 20s Position TEXEL | ||
| Type of Anchors: | 3 Mushroom anchors of 750 kg each | ||
| Length of Anchor Chains: | 2x 300-350 meters | ||
| Weight of Anchor Chains: | 40 kg per meter - each 22 tons overall | ||
| Tanks: | 6x Diesel - 60.000 liters overall | ||
| 3x Water - 40.000 liters overall | |||
| 1x Engine Oil - 1.500 liters | |||
| Generators: | 4x Kromhout (2x 8-cylinders 2x 5-cylinders) | ||
| Radio: | 2x Radio Becker Type "Capella" | ||
| 2x Radiobeacon | |||
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Positions
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| 1. October 1952 | 8. April 1953 |
Texel
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N53°06 - E04°29 |
| 8. May 1953 | 12. August 1954 |
Texel
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N53°06 - E04°29 |
| 24. September 1954 | 8. June 1955 |
Texel
(new Position)
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 17. June 1955 | 1. March 1957 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 16. May 1957 | 29. June 1959 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 6. August 1959 | 24. July 1961 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 25. October 1961 | 7. May 1963 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 26. June 1963 | 19. May 1965 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 28. July 1965 | 21. March 1967 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 21. September 1967 | 1. November 1971 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 1. November 1971 | 16. April 1975 |
Terschellingerbank
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N53°29 - E05°08 |
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1975
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1977
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Conversion
to automatic function
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| 7. April 1977 | 28. March 1978 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 2. May 1978 | 1. May 1979 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 12. June 1979 | 27. May 1980 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 8. July 1980 | 27. September 1983 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 14. November 1985 | 8. Februay 1987 |
Noord-Hinder
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N51°39 - E02°34 |
| 25. March 1987 | 21. August 1987 |
Vlieland
Center
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| 31. August 1987 | 16. November 1988 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 11. April 1989 | 2. May 1989 |
Texel
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N53°01 - E04°21 |
| 23. May 1989 | 18. October 1989 |
Noord-Hinder
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N51°39 - E02°34 |
| 18. Oktober 1990 | 9. Februay 1993 |
Noord-Hinder
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N51°39 - E02°34 |
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Maintenance,
restauration and rebuilding of the vessel since Christmas 1995 mainly
by
Mrs. Lyda van der Steen Mr. Nanne Voska |
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Todays position
of the vessel in the Den Helder Museum-Harbour:
N52°57 -E04°46
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