| This page is a checklist of world's remaining lightships; it includes those that are well preserved, those that are in poor condition, those that are wrecked, and those that have been scrapped recently (since 2000). Also included are the light towers that have preserved from scrapped lightships. In all there are 127 vessels listed.
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Australia
Belgium
China
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![]() Lightship Westhinder III, Antwerpen, January 2022 Google Maps photo by Thomas H.o |
Denmark
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![]() Lightship XVII Gedser Rev at the Værftsmuseet, Helsingør, August 2018 photo copyright Heather Craven; used by permission |
England and Wales
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![]() Trinity House Lightship 17 on the East Goodwin station east of Deal, 2008 photo copyright Haven Boat Charters; used by permission |
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![]() Trinity House Lightship 19, on the Varne station, and White Cliffs of Dover photo copyright Capt. Theo Hinrichs; used by permission |
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![]() Lightship Spurn, Hull, September 2024 Instagram photo by stuffdavedid |
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![]() Lightship 1 Haslar Marina, Gosport, May 2024 Google Maps photo by Jon Gilliam |
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![]() Lightship 16 Colne Light, Colchester, October 2021 Google Maps photo by Dan Messenger |
Finland
France
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![]() Lightship Kemi, Finnish Maritime Museum, Kotka, June 2024 Instagram photo by Suomen Merimuseo |
Germany
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![]() Feuerschiff Elbe 3, Hamburg, May 2024 Instagram photo by Petra Schmedtje-Junge |
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![]() Feuerschiff Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, June 2025 Google Maps photo by Captain Kronos |
Ireland
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![]() Lightship Petrel, Ballydorn, March 2023 Google Maps street view |
Netherlands
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![]() Lightship Texel, Den Helder, January 2023 Google Maps photo by WADIBIG |
Russia
Scotland
Surinam
Sweden
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![]() Fyrskepp 25 Finngrundet, Stockholm, July 2024 Google Maps photo by Tomas Navagrockis |
United States
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![]() Lightship 116 Chesapeake, Baltimore, August 2019 Instagram photo by carlacoffee4 |
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![]() Lightship WLV 604 Columbia, Astoria, October 2023 Google Maps photo by Frank Post |
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Created September 19, 2020. Site copyright 2020 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.