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Boats - Sailing - Ships

Dec. 12, 1969 - Europe's first automatic buoy: Europe's first automatic buoy, the £160, 000 84-ton Hawker Siddeeley Dynamics Lanby, when it was handed over to Trinity House at Royal Albert Dock yesterday. Its main light beacon 40ft above sea level has a luminous than three miles. After North Sea trials the Lanby will replace the Shambles lightship off Portland Bill

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40ft And Pound Automatic Beacon Buoy Dynamics Handed Level Lightship Luminous Portland Replace Shambles Trinity


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