英语词汇“lightship”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Osh went straight to his easel, where he’d been working on a painting of Mouse curled up in a lightship basket, her tail hanging over the rim. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A lightship with twin beacons glides past as America recedes; ahead wait the great glittering prairies of the Atlantic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now, New York is funding the restoration of the lightship Ambrose, which guided vessels into lower New York Bay between 1908 and 1932, a period of major immigration. South Street Seaport Museum Gets City Funds to Restore Lightship 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

While you’re there, explore the steamship Lilac, free, which will soon be joined by the lightship Nantucket. How to Find Hassle-Free Playing Fields With Priceless Views 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Hargreaves, originally from Lancashire, spent 16 years on lighthouses and lightships before taking voluntary redundancy in 1988 and becoming a security guard. Gulls, buckets and masturbation: a lighthouse keeper on The Lighthouse 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Back in January I saw Darren Hayman perform his wonderfully melancholic and witty album The Ship's Piano, on a genuine ship's piano, in the belly of an refurbished lightship docked at Gillingham Pier. Where's the strangest place you've been to watch a gig? 2012-08-17T14:07:46Z

“Passing Ambrose lightship meant that you’d arrived at America’s shores. Ambrose’s light was the beacon of liberty visible long before the Statue of Liberty.” South Street Seaport Museum Gets City Funds to Restore Lightship 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

Everybody else was on the ground, between the Peking and the lightship Ambrose, facing the stage, with the East River beyond it. Seaport SludgeFeast: Dinosaur Jr. at 4Knots 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

It’s a lightship – a ship that acts as a lighthouse and marks the start of British waters. Risking the Channel ‘death route’ to Britain – a photo essay 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

The 24 passengers and crew of seven were all rescued by the lightship crew. Opinion | Sully performed an amazing feat, but it wasn’t the first water landing 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

On the south coast the Royal Sovereign lightship witnessed an average wind speed of 86mph. Great Storm 1987: The day 18 people were killed 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

He mounted campaigns to save historic vessels moored at South Street, including the lightship Ambrose, the four-masted barque Peking and the sailing ship Wavertree. Peter Stanford, Steward of New York’s Maritime History, Dies at 89 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

The last lightship on the Great Lakes, the Huron, was a floating lighthouse six miles north of Port Huron on the shallow Corsica Shoals. Coast Guard has long history in Port Huron area 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

Underwater New York held its first event aboard the Frying Pan, a former Coast Guard lightship docked at Pier 66a, at West 26th Street and the Hudson River. City Room: Underwater, a Train, a Dinette and Don't Forget the Chevy 2012-09-16T15:00:08Z

It's a hurry call for the Nantucket lightship. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z

Off the Irish lightship, which floats at sea, six miles off Kingstown, the Achilles hoisted her ensign to say farewell—her destination being Liverpool. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z

A sharp look-out was therefore kept, and as they proceeded down Prince’s Channel, and neared the lightship, their search was rewarded. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z

The lightship was retired from active duty in 1970 after serving about 50 years on the Great Lakes, at least 30 of which were spent on Corsica Shoals. Coast Guard has long history in Port Huron area 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

When we rounded the Cork lightships the other three were, I fancy, about a mile or more astern of us. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z

"Submarines reported off the Nantucket lightship," he said. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z

On arriving at the Nore off the lightship she found the Northumberland waiting for her. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z

A man leaned over the bulwarks, and the bright glare from a lightship ran across the waves and flashed upon his face. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z

The Port Huron Museum maintains the lightship, which is owned by the city. Coast Guard has long history in Port Huron area 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

Four lightships mark the limits of the sands, and also signal by rockets to the lifeboat stations on the coast when any vessel is in distress on the sands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

I found myself standing at the edge of the bluff, just where Bobby had been standing, and I gazed out over the waters of the bay—as if I could see the Nantucket lightship! The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z

Mercury, setting laggardly in the west, is gilded anew by our informant as a lightship, or some phare off Cape Imagination. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z

The City of Bristol turned northward into the great channel of the Swin, keeping close to the lightships on the left, so close that Warrisden from the bridge could look straight down upon their decks. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z

But it is said the life aboard is so unbearably monotonous to the crew that they cut the chain and so send the lightship adrift. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z

Or 20 perhaps they only select men who are misanthropes, or women-haters, to tend lightships.” Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z

Why, anything might be happening out by the lightship. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z

It was our habit to board the yacht down Staten Island way on Saturday afternoon, sail out to the lightship and back, and anchor in the Horseshoe for dinner and the night. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z

At one o'clock in the morning the Perseverance passed a lightship. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z

Suddenly we were all startled by the report of a gun, and out of the fog on the starboard bow loomed the figure of a lightship with three ball-crowned masts. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z

Wouldn’t it be fun to hire a nice big launch—a whole party of us Briarwood girls, for instance—and sail out there and go aboard that lightship? Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z

On the left were the lights of Southend, far ahead the revolving lights of the Nore lightship, and on the port bows was the black hull and green and red lights of a huge steamer. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z

On arrival at the entrance lightship, I was ordered to attack a convoy of camouflaged ships which were just visible about fifteen kilometres away off the Spit Bank. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z

In this crew I will suppose that five of the members have already had experience in lightship rowing. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z

We did not sight the lightship Demerara until next day at noon, although we were going at fully five knots an hour. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z

The roadstead is indicated by lightships and the entrance channel to the port by a lighthouse which, at an altitude of 193 ft., is visible at a distance of 19 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z

The entrance to the port is free from ice nearly all the year round, is excellently buoyed, and lighted by two lightships and eight lighthouses, among the latter the remarkable Rothesand Leuchtturm, erected 1884-1885. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis"

Have you sailed Nantucket Sound By lightship, buoy, and bell, And lain becalmed at noon On an oily summer swell? Later Poems

And if that same man, with something like a discarded lightship lantern aboard his lugger, should then anchor half a mile away, and show his light at the masthead—hey? Where the Pavement Ends

As we passed the lightship she fired another gun, and a lift in the fog showed the name on her side—Coningbeg. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z

And as it was, we passed three-quarters of a mile inside the lightship. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday

Devoted to the service of humanity, in a bond that linked all seafarers, lightships and isolated sea-beacons were regarded as exempted from the operation of warlike acts. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

They were also carefully marked by lightships and buoys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade"

The clarion challenge sweeps the sea And straight toward the lightship doth she steer, Her steadfast pulses sounding jubilee; Arise, Defender! for thy way is clear And all thy country’s heart goes out to thee. Threads of Grey and Gold

N-no," the other answered dubiously, "a lightship, as such, is not as good as a lighthouse, supposing both were at the same point. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers

The Bonadventure had been, under these innumerable lights, making quiet way down an avenue of buoys twinkling in their degree, and came into view of the lightship beyond them. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday

He recognized that the value of the lightships in establishing a definite position was an asset to him. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

I had noticed this from an incoming liner's deck when off the lightship before, but charged it to the ship. Old Plymouth Trails

They were there for whatever they might see, but particularly were they looking for the double white light of Five Fathom Bank lightship. The Seiners

At one time lightships used to be without any kind of propelling machinery, and sometimes they were driven ashore. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers

Soon we picked up the flash of a lightship off the Dutch shore, and soon after that the cold to which my wanderings had not made me careless sent me inside. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday

Two lightships on the east coast were blown up by mines; one, off the coast of Ireland, was deliberately torpedoed. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

Friday, August 19th.—Early this morning Tom and some of the gentlemen went on board the 'Claremont' lightship. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'

At six o’clock, when the short blasts of the lightship split the air abreast of us, things were good and lively, but there was no daylight to go by then. The Seiners

"The Columbia River lightship went adrift, too, I remember," said the boy; "they had to haul her back through the woods in order to get her floated again and taken to her station." The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers

She circling about the lightship, at length brought her companion within a stone’s throw. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday

It was not a seagoing risk that could be met; no adequate protection consistent with the lightship's mission could be devised. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

The 'Albatross' was the little steamer we saw lying alongside the lightship at Piper Island, on the 19th inst. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'

The skipper put her more westerly after we had passed the lightship and on we went. The Seiners

By this means the only avenues by which hostile submarines could hope to pass on the surface through the barrage at night were the dark lanes of water between the lightships. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships

Then they swept by the Sandy Hook lightship and out into the broad Atlantic, rolling majestically in the bright sunlight. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy

Holding station in waters that are patrolled and, in part, protected, the Trinity men who form the crews of the lightships have readjusted their manning. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

All the inmates of the lightship came on board the yacht, with which they were much delighted. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'

Another who refused to pay saw his vessel turned into a lightship and placed 188 down Miramichi way in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where it is yet. The Seiners

Belgian lightships must be withdrawn from Dutch territory to facilitate maintenance of its neutrality. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers

On this lightship there are seven men, and four more on land to relieve them regularly. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy"

There is at least one instance of a lightship having a commanding, if uncomfortable, station in an action between our drifters and a large enemy submarine. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

This was the more terrible, as a very few miles further would have brought her to the lightship. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'

The candle's a tall lightship; my two hands Are boats and barges anchored to the sands, With mighty cliffs all round; They're full of wine and riches from far lands.... Modern British Poetry

In a fog … we were making a lightship off the Dutch coast to verify our position…. The Long Trick

Surely when the men exiled to a lightship pronounce the Rob Roy “lonely” there must be something in the charge; but my obtuse perception has not yet enabled me to find it out. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy"

We was right atween them an' th' shots passes over th' lightship. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

In the meantime Mr. Watson called at the lightship and recognised his own dinghy, which had drifted thither a few days before. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'

"There is a lightship on the starboard," said Louis, who was seated between his mother and Miss Blanche. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing

I will not conceal it from you—his memory has been my guide, his failures have been my lightship, his hopes my beacon, his love my star. The Manxman A Novel - 1895

We off Sabine Pass were banished about equally with the keeper of a turnpike or of a remote lightship. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life

He said nothing of the scene on the deck of the lightship—the watch tumbling up from below, their clothing hastily thrown on—the questioning, the alarmed cries. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

Passing Fair Cape, we reached Piper Island at about eight o'clock, and anchored for the night, close to the lightship, alongside which there was another small steamer. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'

As we wanted to see a lightship, the yacht was hove-to, and we went alongside in the boat. A Yacht Voyage Round England

There was not a star in the sky, and not a light on the sea except the revolving light of the lightship far a Way. The Manxman A Novel - 1895

At Sandy Hook lightship a course lying nearly west takes the vessel to the outer entrance of Gedney Channel, marked by two buoy-lights. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges

Seaward the channel buoys and the nearer lightships are sharply distinct, cutting the distant sea-line like the topmast spars of ships hull down. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

A bit later he got, sweet and low as an elfland horn, the lightship's chime whistle. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916

Farther off to the west, at the end of a shoal extending off Selsea Bill, is another lightship, called the Owers. A Yacht Voyage Round England

We waked this morning still adrift off Port Royal Bar, where we had been tossing all night, near the lightship. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)

He was always first aroused by the watch to learn that rockets were going up from some distant lightship signifying 'a ship on the Goodwins.' Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

A lightship is as peaceful and immobile as the granite blockstones of a lighthouse. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

She thanks him for the lightship as if it were a bunch of roses. Ship-Bored

Not only may the rocket be applied in association with lighthouses and lightships, but in the Navy also it may be turned to important account. Fragments of science, V. 1-2

A new vessel has replaced the old lightship at the Upper Flats. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

"Did you see the Sunk lightship's rocket?" they all yelled out together. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

Before the lighthouse was built, it became necessary to warn vessels of the position of the new sea-wall, and for more than twenty years a lightship burned a signal there. Chatterbox, 1906

The Astronomer-Royal will be asked to record his impressions of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", and the officials of our leading lightships will be asked to report upon Parry's "Blest Pair of Sirens." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914

This remark is especially applicable to such lightships as are intended to spread the sound all round them as from central foci. Fragments of science, V. 1-2

The new relieving lightship built at Townsville was finished last April. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

I once visited in one of these luggers, lost at sea with two of her crew on November 11, 1891, the distant Royal Sovereign and Varne lightships, and had a most happy three days' cruise. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

In the early morning they struck against the west point of the Breakwater, heeled over it and drifted toward the lightship. Chatterbox, 1906

The noble, and now famous, Ramsgate lifeboat was at once towed out when the signal-rocket from the lightship was seen, indicating “a wreck on the sands.” Saved by the Lifeboat

The following day we reached the Nore lightship, where, the weather looking dirty, by the orders of the pilot who had charge of us we brought up. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific

The Claremont Island lightship had a thorough overhaul two years ago. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

There was no lightship on or near the Goodwin Sands till 1795, when one was placed on the North Sand Head. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

At noon the patent log showed that the Everest was within a fraction of eighty miles from the lightship; and Captain Prowse already began to picture himself as holding the blue ribbon of the Atlantic. In Search of El Dorado

At night you could see the flash of the revolving light on Windmill Rock, and the constant rays from the lightship on the Rips. Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine"

Anne, who had been gazing languidly out a window giving on Brenton's Reef lightship, where several black torpedo boats and destroyers were manoeuvring, smiled and glanced at the Prince. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport

Several lightships with their crews have been recently dispensed with in France, and gas buoys substituted. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

Another fishing smack proceeded at once to Ramsgate, and arrived there at noon, having received the information of the wreck from the Kentish Knock lightship. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

There were lightships, too, but more often than not their feeble light was obscured or unnoticed and they were run down by the ships they sought to protect. Steve and the Steam Engine

This ball is a very conspicuous object, and clearly indicates a lightship to the passing vessel during the day. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

At this moment the boom of a gun fired by the Gull lightship broke on the ears of the men of Deal, and a moment later the bright flash of a rocket was seen. The Lifeboat

The Timandra Bank lightship requires some repairs, and the decks want caulking, which I anticipate may be done without removing the vessel from her station. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

At 3 a.m. then the Ramsgate rocket went up in answer to the signals from the Gull lightship; on that bitter night the lifeboat was manned in eight minutes. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

While they were thus engaged, and darkness was deepening on the scene, Welton stood on the quarterdeck observing a small sloop that floated slowly towards the lightship. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands

Some lightships have two masts, and some three, with a ball and a lantern on each. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

Sometimes a rocket from the lightship shot athwart the dark sky, and at all times her lights gleamed like faint stars far away to windward. The Lifeboat

The Piper Island lightship will be the next vessel to be relieved. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

We were bound to the East Goodwin lightship, and in the path of duty, but we were glad to feel the roll of deep water under our boat's keel outside the Goodwins. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

The first were the three fixed lights of the lightship that marked the North sandhead; the latter was the fixed light that guarded the South sandhead. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands

The flash of a gun from the South-Sand-Head lightship, about six miles distant, had been seen, followed by a rocket, indicating that a vessel had got upon the fatal Goodwins. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

The cross sea also rendered her almost unmanageable, so that, ere long, she was driven to leeward of the outer lightship that marks the north end of the Goodwins. The Lifeboat

The buoys and beacons have been restored to a state of efficiency, but the lightship is still on shore. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

But he found none of them, and then he walked and wildly ran and ran for miles, and waved his hands to the nearest but too-distant lightship. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

“If that be so it were better to have lighthouses, I think, than lightships,” said Stanley. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands

Take the following evidence:— On a terrible night in the year 1857 a Portuguese brig struck on the Goodwin Sands, not far from the lightship that marks the northern extremity of those fatal shoals. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

As they passed out an inspiring cheer was given by the crowd, and a rocket streamed up from the pier-head to signal the lightship that assistance was on the way. The Lifeboat

To mark the outer end of a cutting or narrow channel, the Trotter-Lindberg light might be utilised instead of a lightship. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

Noting her rapid approach to the Goodwins, on which an awful sea was running, and the helpless and dishevelled condition of the vessel, the Gull lightship fired guns and rockets at intervals of five minutes. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

A few minutes later, a boat was seen to push off from the sloop and make for the lightship. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands

A shot was fired, and a rocket sent up from the lightship as a signal to the men on shore that a vessel had got upon the sands. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

Two of these sentinels, the Tongue lightship and the Prince’s lightship, in the vicinity of the Girdler Sands, saw the signals of distress. Battles with the Sea

Thinks I to myself, ‘Perhaps the people in the lightship will lend a helping hand to an old seaman;’ but not a bit of it. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor

They reached the Gull lightship, and heard there that the vessel ashore lay E.N.E. from them. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

Very soon the “Middle” lightship was reached, and as the smack swept past old Bill shouted to the light-keepers the joyful news of the rescue. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific

The accompanying illustration shows a vessel passing the lightship at the Nore. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

The Prince’s and the Girdler lightships were both firing guns and rockets to tell that shipwreck was taking place near to them. Battles with the Sea

The captain was by his side, and quietly replied: "It is the floating lightship of Suez." The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean

Then the Gull lightship also fired guns and rockets. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

He could study out the precise spot carefully beforehand—there are lightships on the sands to act as guides. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers

Thus, the Goodwin Sands, which are upwards of ten miles in length, are marked by three lightships. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

During the greater part of my two weeks’ sojourn in that lightship the weather was reasonably fine, but one evening it came on to blow hard, and became what Jack styles “dirty.” Battles with the Sea

With her submarines she sank nearly two score of ships, schooners, barges, tugs, and even a lightship, within a few miles of New York, Boston, Norfolk, Charleston and the Delaware Capes. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

The nearest lightship was about four miles from them, and her look-out man noticed the flare and fired the signal guns of distress, and sent up the usual rockets. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

Near the Ship Wash lightship three large British seaplanes, followed by an airship, were observed. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War

The Gull lightship, above referred to, occupies a peculiar and interesting position. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

On a terrible night in the year 1857 a Portuguese brig struck on the Goodwin Sands, not far from the lightship that marks the northern extremity of those fatal shoals. Battles with the Sea

But Bathsheba, as I lifted her over the lightship's side, said no more than "Oh, Tom!"—and let me hold her, with her forehead pressed close against me. Wandering Heath

On December 13, 1889, the Mandalay was passing the North Sand Head lightship a little after midnight. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

At three o'clock she cleared the lightship and wore around to come in over the bar, steering east by south, half-south, for Point Bonita. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates

We had the pleasure of spending a week on board of the Gull lightship not long ago, and one night witnessed a very stirring scene of calling out the lifeboat. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

A shot was fired, and a rocket sent up by the lightship. Battles with the Sea

Ah, heart of me, will you grow up too to live in a lightship and leave a poor woman at home to weary for you in her trouble? Wandering Heath

The vessel's flare had now burned out, and the guns and rockets from the lightships had ceased, and in front of the lifeboat was only the chill night, 'black as a wolf's throat.' Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

The Osprey rounded the lightship two lengths ahead, the Phantom came next, three lengths before the Chrysalis, and the others followed in quick succession. The Queen's Cup

I therefore send you an account of what I saw in the Gull lightship, off the Goodwin Sands, on the night of Thursday last, when the Germania, of Bremen, was wrecked on the South-Sand-Head. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

In the midst of their gathering despair they caught sight of the lightship’s bright beam, shining like a star of hope through the surrounding darkness. Battles with the Sea

Miles to port the Sand Heads lightship swung to its great hawsers off the Fraser River shoals. Poor Man's Rock

These at once caught the notice of the look-out men on the lightships, and drew from those vessels the guns and rockets, the usual signals of distress. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

Then, for a time, a lightship tossed and tugged at its cables to warn shipping away from Minot's Ledge. American Merchant Ships and Sailors

Having been an inhabitant of the Gull lightship for a week, and cut off from communication with the shore for several days, I have been unable to write sooner. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

Then the rescuers saw the signals going up steadily, regularly, from the two lightships. Battles with the Sea

The speed at which she cuts the water is now visible enough as she obscures for a second or so the hull of the lightship. Macleod of Dare

From time to time they sent up rockets from the Sunk lightship—once every hour, I think—but we had long since ceased to notice those signals. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

But, while the lightship served for a temporary beacon, a new tower was needed that might send the warning pencil of light far out to sea. American Merchant Ships and Sailors

Our third gun thundered forth, and shook the lightship from stem to stern; but the rocket struck the rigging, and made a low, wavering flight. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

About midnight the Tongue lightship was reached and hailed. Battles with the Sea

In due course of time they reached the Nore lightship, and there they lay and drifted about until the yachts should come up. Macleod of Dare

This lies NE. from the Sand Shoal 6 miles from the lightship; S. by E. 4 miles from Halfway Rock. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

The lightship is regarded by the Government as merely a makeshift, though some of them have been in use for more than a quarter of a century. American Merchant Ships and Sailors

A few seconds took them out of sight; and thus, as far as the Gull lightship was concerned, the drama ended. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

Meanwhile the rescuers made for the Prince’s lightship and were told that a vessel in distress was signalling on the higher part of the Girdler Sands. Battles with the Sea

And on this tack will she get clear round the ruddy little lightship, or is there not a danger of her carrying off a bowsprit? Macleod of Dare

Marks: Western Light of Cape Elizabeth on eastern part of woods on Cape until the lightship bears NE. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

More wearing even than life in a lighthouse is that aboard the lightships, of which the United States Government now has forty-five in commission. American Merchant Ships and Sailors

About a mile and a half from shore was a lightship, and farther out a white steamer showed in perfect outline against the blueness of the morning sky. Kit of Greenacre Farm

They had seen the flashing of the rockets and faintly heard the thunder of the alarm-guns fired by the lightships. Battles with the Sea

The booming of a gun told them that the last yacht had rounded the lightship. Macleod of Dare

Jeffreys Ledge bears S. ½ W. from the lightship off Portland, 19 miles to the northern edge and 22 miles S. from the buoy on the Hue and Cry to the edge of the shoal. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Those lights could not flash through the fog, And how often must rescuer willing lie idle on land like a log For lack of the warning of coast-wires from lighthouse or lightship? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 13, 1892

The lightship only carried an ordinary riding light, like any other vessel, so that it was almost impossible, unless you knew the port very well, to go in closer to the land at night. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

Across the invisible expanse of water could be discerned the beam of a lightship. The Lion's Share

Gongs.—Gongs are somewhat used on lightships, especially in British waters. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885

This ground lies SE. from the lightship 6 to 8 miles and 13½ miles S. from Cushings Island bell buoy. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

The buoy has a special form to meet its requirements as a lightship, and the conditions of its employment is the fast tidal current of the river. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884

As I travelled down to Henley I read in one of the newspapers that "practice for the Royal Regatta was now in full swing, and that the river was dotted with lightships of every description." Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891

Passed the lightship at about 11 A.M., and discharged the pilot. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter

Tyndall proposes to call it the Collinson rocket, and suggests that it might be used in lighthouses and lightships as a signal by naval vessels. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885

Six miles SE. by S. ½ S. from the lightship off Portland. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

"People talk of lightships plunging and tugging at their cables," he returned. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories

I remember some years ago passing a very pleasant half hour on board of a lightship moored in the neighbourhood of Broadstairs. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891

The patient lightship off the pier was swinging drearily as we throbbed past into the gust-swept open and set our bows for the unseen coast of France. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil

The "Shambles" lightship, about three miles from the Beal, warns the mariner off the long and dangerous sandbank known by that ominous name on which so many good ships have perished. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter

This ground is E. by S. from the lightship 10 miles. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Well, I've tried lightships, and what I say is, ships are built to plunge and tug at their cables. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories

In the first place what is a "lightship?" Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891

But where were the tugs and the lighters and the barges, the lightships and the buoys, and all those countless attributes which went to make up the myriad life of the ancient Thames? The Lost Continent

Far beyond the lightship a liner was riding the waves with serene contempt, making for the river's mouth and Tilbury Dock. The Black Bag

This lies inside the lightship at Boston, extending from this to and well into Nahant Bay. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

They were the lightships marking the middle bank of the Gironde, which is many miles wide at this spot and rendered dangerous by innumerable sand-banks. The Last Hope

Frank soon found that the wind was blowing too directly upon the long line of sands to enable him to make the lightship. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War

They were the lightships marking the middle bank of the Gironde, which is many miles wide at this spot and rendered dangerous by innumerable sandbanks. The Last Hope

But in time the brigantine, to escape Maplin Sands, would be forced to tack and stand out past the lightship, the wind off her port bows. The Black Bag

The present piece of ground lies 26 miles S. by W. from the lightship at Portland, which course and distance bring us to the northern edge. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

The coast-line rich in harbours is the busy haunt of steamers, and the narrow waterway between the mainland and the great barrier reef the home of many lightships. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work

Just as soon as we get over the lightship I will know how to steer, Jack. Air Service Boys over the Atlantic

The candles a tall lightship; my two hands Are boats and barges anchored to the sands, With mighty cliffs all round; They're full of wine and riches from far lands.... Fairies and Fusiliers

The lightship had vanished, but a bright beam pierced the haze astern. Lister's Great Adventure

By having a code of rings, and judging by the intensity of the sound, it is possible to tell almost exactly where a ship is in relation to the coast or to some lightship. The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons

Any other skipper under heaven would have hove to off the lightship and sent in word by the pilot boat to send out a tug. Cappy Ricks Retires

And, at last, one bright, cloudless morning, a stiff breeze blowing and the green and white waves leaping and tossing in the sunlight, we saw ahead of us a little speck—the South Shoal lightship. Kent Knowles: Quahaug

"Posy here'd be a good hand aboard a lightship," he observed. Galusha the Magnificent

From here her course was for the Cape May lightship on the New Jersey coast, and for some time she was out of sight of land. Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida

Cruising lightships One or two internationally owned and controlled lightships, fitted with every known device for signalling and communication, would rob those regions of most of their terrors. The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons

Eastward on the coast, at the far end of Pevensey Bay, the lights of Hastings began to twinkle; out at sea was visible a single gleam, appearing and disappearing, the lightship on the Sovereign Shoals. Thyrza

Here, I am not walking out to the Kish lightship, am I? Ulysses

The wind blowed so strong it lifted the lightship right out of the water up to the ends of them chains and kept her there. Galusha the Magnificent

The cargo is to be transshipped at sea, out of sight of land or lightship. The Vultures

The lightship had loomed quite large by this time, and a few minutes after they had burnt the handkerchiefs and umbrella a coloured flame replied to them from the vessel. The Well-Beloved

And so we warped into harbour, through the boom and past the lightships, to join the crowd of transports and battle cruisers lying off this muddled city—the city of wonderful colour, Alexandria. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.

And far on Kish bank the anchored lightship twinkled, winked at Mr Bloom. Ulysses

Everybody but Mr. Bloomer, that is; Zacheus, the philosopher who had studied his profession aboard a lightship, commented on everything. Galusha the Magnificent

Every light at sea or on shore, in cottage window or at masthead or in lighthouse or on lightship a twinkling diamond point. The Portygee

They looked out upon the sea, and the lightship shining as if it had quite forgotten all about the fugitives. The Well-Beloved

Compared with these greyhounds of the wave, we resembled nothing so much as some old lightship bobbing serenely around, as if part and parcel of the mid-Atlantic. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales

Within hail of us the hull of the Elbe lightship floated all dark and silent under its enormous round, service lantern; a faithful black shadow watching the broad estuary full of lights. Notes on Life and Letters

The bow-legged little man, rolling from side to side like the lightship of which he talked so much, walked out of the room. Galusha the Magnificent

There was a chilly wind blowing outside, and the lightship on the quicksand afar looked harassed and forlorn. The Well-Beloved

Its rays were repeated from the far-distant sea by the lightship lying moored over the mysterious Shambles quicksand, which brought tamelessness and domesticity into due position as balanced opposites. The Well-Beloved

Afterwards a noise was heard upon the window-panes, as of fine sand thrown; and, lifting the blind, Pierston saw that the distant lightship winked with a bleared and indistinct eye. The Well-Beloved

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例句	lightship Osh went straight to his easel, where he’d been working on a painting of Mouse curled up in a lightship basket, her tail hanging over the rim. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A lightship with twin beacons glides past as America recedes; ahead wait the great glittering prairies of the Atlantic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Now, New York is funding the restoration of the lightship Ambrose, which guided vessels into lower New York Bay between 1908 and 1932, a period of major immigration. South Street Seaport Museum Gets City Funds to Restore Lightship 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z While you’re there, explore the steamship Lilac, free, which will soon be joined by the lightship Nantucket. How to Find Hassle-Free Playing Fields With Priceless Views 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Hargreaves, originally from Lancashire, spent 16 years on lighthouses and lightships before taking voluntary redundancy in 1988 and becoming a security guard. Gulls, buckets and masturbation: a lighthouse keeper on The Lighthouse 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Back in January I saw Darren Hayman perform his wonderfully melancholic and witty album The Ship's Piano, on a genuine ship's piano, in the belly of an refurbished lightship docked at Gillingham Pier. Where's the strangest place you've been to watch a gig? 2012-08-17T14:07:46Z “Passing Ambrose lightship meant that you’d arrived at America’s shores. Ambrose’s light was the beacon of liberty visible long before the Statue of Liberty.” South Street Seaport Museum Gets City Funds to Restore Lightship 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Everybody else was on the ground, between the Peking and the lightship Ambrose, facing the stage, with the East River beyond it. Seaport SludgeFeast: Dinosaur Jr. at 4Knots 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s a lightship – a ship that acts as a lighthouse and marks the start of British waters. Risking the Channel ‘death route’ to Britain – a photo essay 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The 24 passengers and crew of seven were all rescued by the lightship crew. Opinion \| Sully performed an amazing feat, but it wasn’t the first water landing 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z On the south coast the Royal Sovereign lightship witnessed an average wind speed of 86mph. Great Storm 1987: The day 18 people were killed 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z He mounted campaigns to save historic vessels moored at South Street, including the lightship Ambrose, the four-masted barque Peking and the sailing ship Wavertree. Peter Stanford, Steward of New York’s Maritime History, Dies at 89 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The last lightship on the Great Lakes, the Huron, was a floating lighthouse six miles north of Port Huron on the shallow Corsica Shoals. Coast Guard has long history in Port Huron area 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Underwater New York held its first event aboard the Frying Pan, a former Coast Guard lightship docked at Pier 66a, at West 26th Street and the Hudson River. City Room: Underwater, a Train, a Dinette and Don't Forget the Chevy 2012-09-16T15:00:08Z It's a hurry call for the Nantucket lightship. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z Off the Irish lightship, which floats at sea, six miles off Kingstown, the Achilles hoisted her ensign to say farewell—her destination being Liverpool. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A sharp look-out was therefore kept, and as they proceeded down Prince’s Channel, and neared the lightship, their search was rewarded. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The lightship was retired from active duty in 1970 after serving about 50 years on the Great Lakes, at least 30 of which were spent on Corsica Shoals. Coast Guard has long history in Port Huron area 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z When we rounded the Cork lightships the other three were, I fancy, about a mile or more astern of us. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z "Submarines reported off the Nantucket lightship," he said. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z On arriving at the Nore off the lightship she found the Northumberland waiting for her. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A man leaned over the bulwarks, and the bright glare from a lightship ran across the waves and flashed upon his face. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z The Port Huron Museum maintains the lightship, which is owned by the city. Coast Guard has long history in Port Huron area 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Four lightships mark the limits of the sands, and also signal by rockets to the lifeboat stations on the coast when any vessel is in distress on the sands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z I found myself standing at the edge of the bluff, just where Bobby had been standing, and I gazed out over the waters of the bay—as if I could see the Nantucket lightship! The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z Mercury, setting laggardly in the west, is gilded anew by our informant as a lightship, or some phare off Cape Imagination. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The City of Bristol turned northward into the great channel of the Swin, keeping close to the lightships on the left, so close that Warrisden from the bridge could look straight down upon their decks. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z But it is said the life aboard is so unbearably monotonous to the crew that they cut the chain and so send the lightship adrift. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Or 20 perhaps they only select men who are misanthropes, or women-haters, to tend lightships.” Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Why, anything might be happening out by the lightship. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z It was our habit to board the yacht down Staten Island way on Saturday afternoon, sail out to the lightship and back, and anchor in the Horseshoe for dinner and the night. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z At one o'clock in the morning the Perseverance passed a lightship. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Suddenly we were all startled by the report of a gun, and out of the fog on the starboard bow loomed the figure of a lightship with three ball-crowned masts. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Wouldn’t it be fun to hire a nice big launch—a whole party of us Briarwood girls, for instance—and sail out there and go aboard that lightship? Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z On the left were the lights of Southend, far ahead the revolving lights of the Nore lightship, and on the port bows was the black hull and green and red lights of a huge steamer. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z On arrival at the entrance lightship, I was ordered to attack a convoy of camouflaged ships which were just visible about fifteen kilometres away off the Spit Bank. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z In this crew I will suppose that five of the members have already had experience in lightship rowing. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z We did not sight the lightship Demerara until next day at noon, although we were going at fully five knots an hour. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The roadstead is indicated by lightships and the entrance channel to the port by a lighthouse which, at an altitude of 193 ft., is visible at a distance of 19 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The entrance to the port is free from ice nearly all the year round, is excellently buoyed, and lighted by two lightships and eight lighthouses, among the latter the remarkable Rothesand Leuchtturm, erected 1884-1885. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Have you sailed Nantucket Sound By lightship, buoy, and bell, And lain becalmed at noon On an oily summer swell? Later Poems And if that same man, with something like a discarded lightship lantern aboard his lugger, should then anchor half a mile away, and show his light at the masthead—hey? Where the Pavement Ends As we passed the lightship she fired another gun, and a lift in the fog showed the name on her side—Coningbeg. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z And as it was, we passed three-quarters of a mile inside the lightship. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Devoted to the service of humanity, in a bond that linked all seafarers, lightships and isolated sea-beacons were regarded as exempted from the operation of warlike acts. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war They were also carefully marked by lightships and buoys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The clarion challenge sweeps the sea And straight toward the lightship doth she steer, Her steadfast pulses sounding jubilee; Arise, Defender! for thy way is clear And all thy country’s heart goes out to thee. Threads of Grey and Gold N-no," the other answered dubiously, "a lightship, as such, is not as good as a lighthouse, supposing both were at the same point. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The Bonadventure had been, under these innumerable lights, making quiet way down an avenue of buoys twinkling in their degree, and came into view of the lightship beyond them. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday He recognized that the value of the lightships in establishing a definite position was an asset to him. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war I had noticed this from an incoming liner's deck when off the lightship before, but charged it to the ship. Old Plymouth Trails They were there for whatever they might see, but particularly were they looking for the double white light of Five Fathom Bank lightship. The Seiners At one time lightships used to be without any kind of propelling machinery, and sometimes they were driven ashore. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Soon we picked up the flash of a lightship off the Dutch shore, and soon after that the cold to which my wanderings had not made me careless sent me inside. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Two lightships on the east coast were blown up by mines; one, off the coast of Ireland, was deliberately torpedoed. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Friday, August 19th.—Early this morning Tom and some of the gentlemen went on board the 'Claremont' lightship. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' At six o’clock, when the short blasts of the lightship split the air abreast of us, things were good and lively, but there was no daylight to go by then. The Seiners "The Columbia River lightship went adrift, too, I remember," said the boy; "they had to haul her back through the woods in order to get her floated again and taken to her station." The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers She circling about the lightship, at length brought her companion within a stone’s throw. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday It was not a seagoing risk that could be met; no adequate protection consistent with the lightship's mission could be devised. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The 'Albatross' was the little steamer we saw lying alongside the lightship at Piper Island, on the 19th inst. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The skipper put her more westerly after we had passed the lightship and on we went. The Seiners By this means the only avenues by which hostile submarines could hope to pass on the surface through the barrage at night were the dark lanes of water between the lightships. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Then they swept by the Sandy Hook lightship and out into the broad Atlantic, rolling majestically in the bright sunlight. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy Holding station in waters that are patrolled and, in part, protected, the Trinity men who form the crews of the lightships have readjusted their manning. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war All the inmates of the lightship came on board the yacht, with which they were much delighted. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Another who refused to pay saw his vessel turned into a lightship and placed 188 down Miramichi way in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where it is yet. The Seiners Belgian lightships must be withdrawn from Dutch territory to facilitate maintenance of its neutrality. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers On this lightship there are seven men, and four more on land to relieve them regularly. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" There is at least one instance of a lightship having a commanding, if uncomfortable, station in an action between our drifters and a large enemy submarine. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war This was the more terrible, as a very few miles further would have brought her to the lightship. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The candle's a tall lightship; my two hands Are boats and barges anchored to the sands, With mighty cliffs all round; They're full of wine and riches from far lands.... Modern British Poetry In a fog … we were making a lightship off the Dutch coast to verify our position…. The Long Trick Surely when the men exiled to a lightship pronounce the Rob Roy “lonely” there must be something in the charge; but my obtuse perception has not yet enabled me to find it out. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" We was right atween them an' th' shots passes over th' lightship. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war In the meantime Mr. Watson called at the lightship and recognised his own dinghy, which had drifted thither a few days before. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' "There is a lightship on the starboard," said Louis, who was seated between his mother and Miss Blanche. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing I will not conceal it from you—his memory has been my guide, his failures have been my lightship, his hopes my beacon, his love my star. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 We off Sabine Pass were banished about equally with the keeper of a turnpike or of a remote lightship. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life He said nothing of the scene on the deck of the lightship—the watch tumbling up from below, their clothing hastily thrown on—the questioning, the alarmed cries. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Passing Fair Cape, we reached Piper Island at about eight o'clock, and anchored for the night, close to the lightship, alongside which there was another small steamer. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' As we wanted to see a lightship, the yacht was hove-to, and we went alongside in the boat. A Yacht Voyage Round England There was not a star in the sky, and not a light on the sea except the revolving light of the lightship far a Way. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 At Sandy Hook lightship a course lying nearly west takes the vessel to the outer entrance of Gedney Channel, marked by two buoy-lights. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Seaward the channel buoys and the nearer lightships are sharply distinct, cutting the distant sea-line like the topmast spars of ships hull down. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war A bit later he got, sweet and low as an elfland horn, the lightship's chime whistle. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Farther off to the west, at the end of a shoal extending off Selsea Bill, is another lightship, called the Owers. A Yacht Voyage Round England We waked this morning still adrift off Port Royal Bar, where we had been tossing all night, near the lightship. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) He was always first aroused by the watch to learn that rockets were going up from some distant lightship signifying 'a ship on the Goodwins.' Heroes of the Goodwin Sands A lightship is as peaceful and immobile as the granite blockstones of a lighthouse. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war She thanks him for the lightship as if it were a bunch of roses. Ship-Bored Not only may the rocket be applied in association with lighthouses and lightships, but in the Navy also it may be turned to important account. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 A new vessel has replaced the old lightship at the Upper Flats. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 "Did you see the Sunk lightship's rocket?" they all yelled out together. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Before the lighthouse was built, it became necessary to warn vessels of the position of the new sea-wall, and for more than twenty years a lightship burned a signal there. Chatterbox, 1906 The Astronomer-Royal will be asked to record his impressions of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", and the officials of our leading lightships will be asked to report upon Parry's "Blest Pair of Sirens." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 This remark is especially applicable to such lightships as are intended to spread the sound all round them as from central foci. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The new relieving lightship built at Townsville was finished last April. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 I once visited in one of these luggers, lost at sea with two of her crew on November 11, 1891, the distant Royal Sovereign and Varne lightships, and had a most happy three days' cruise. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands In the early morning they struck against the west point of the Breakwater, heeled over it and drifted toward the lightship. Chatterbox, 1906 The noble, and now famous, Ramsgate lifeboat was at once towed out when the signal-rocket from the lightship was seen, indicating “a wreck on the sands.” Saved by the Lifeboat The following day we reached the Nore lightship, where, the weather looking dirty, by the orders of the pilot who had charge of us we brought up. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific The Claremont Island lightship had a thorough overhaul two years ago. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 There was no lightship on or near the Goodwin Sands till 1795, when one was placed on the North Sand Head. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands At noon the patent log showed that the Everest was within a fraction of eighty miles from the lightship; and Captain Prowse already began to picture himself as holding the blue ribbon of the Atlantic. In Search of El Dorado At night you could see the flash of the revolving light on Windmill Rock, and the constant rays from the lightship on the Rips. Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine" Anne, who had been gazing languidly out a window giving on Brenton's Reef lightship, where several black torpedo boats and destroyers were manoeuvring, smiled and glanced at the Prince. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Several lightships with their crews have been recently dispensed with in France, and gas buoys substituted. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 Another fishing smack proceeded at once to Ramsgate, and arrived there at noon, having received the information of the wreck from the Kentish Knock lightship. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands There were lightships, too, but more often than not their feeble light was obscured or unnoticed and they were run down by the ships they sought to protect. Steve and the Steam Engine This ball is a very conspicuous object, and clearly indicates a lightship to the passing vessel during the day. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships At this moment the boom of a gun fired by the Gull lightship broke on the ears of the men of Deal, and a moment later the bright flash of a rocket was seen. The Lifeboat The Timandra Bank lightship requires some repairs, and the decks want caulking, which I anticipate may be done without removing the vessel from her station. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 At 3 a.m. then the Ramsgate rocket went up in answer to the signals from the Gull lightship; on that bitter night the lifeboat was manned in eight minutes. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands While they were thus engaged, and darkness was deepening on the scene, Welton stood on the quarterdeck observing a small sloop that floated slowly towards the lightship. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Some lightships have two masts, and some three, with a ball and a lantern on each. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Sometimes a rocket from the lightship shot athwart the dark sky, and at all times her lights gleamed like faint stars far away to windward. The Lifeboat The Piper Island lightship will be the next vessel to be relieved. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 We were bound to the East Goodwin lightship, and in the path of duty, but we were glad to feel the roll of deep water under our boat's keel outside the Goodwins. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands The first were the three fixed lights of the lightship that marked the North sandhead; the latter was the fixed light that guarded the South sandhead. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The flash of a gun from the South-Sand-Head lightship, about six miles distant, had been seen, followed by a rocket, indicating that a vessel had got upon the fatal Goodwins. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships The cross sea also rendered her almost unmanageable, so that, ere long, she was driven to leeward of the outer lightship that marks the north end of the Goodwins. The Lifeboat The buoys and beacons have been restored to a state of efficiency, but the lightship is still on shore. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 But he found none of them, and then he walked and wildly ran and ran for miles, and waved his hands to the nearest but too-distant lightship. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands “If that be so it were better to have lighthouses, I think, than lightships,” said Stanley. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Take the following evidence:— On a terrible night in the year 1857 a Portuguese brig struck on the Goodwin Sands, not far from the lightship that marks the northern extremity of those fatal shoals. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships As they passed out an inspiring cheer was given by the crowd, and a rocket streamed up from the pier-head to signal the lightship that assistance was on the way. The Lifeboat To mark the outer end of a cutting or narrow channel, the Trotter-Lindberg light might be utilised instead of a lightship. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 Noting her rapid approach to the Goodwins, on which an awful sea was running, and the helpless and dishevelled condition of the vessel, the Gull lightship fired guns and rockets at intervals of five minutes. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands A few minutes later, a boat was seen to push off from the sloop and make for the lightship. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands A shot was fired, and a rocket sent up from the lightship as a signal to the men on shore that a vessel had got upon the sands. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Two of these sentinels, the Tongue lightship and the Prince’s lightship, in the vicinity of the Girdler Sands, saw the signals of distress. Battles with the Sea Thinks I to myself, ‘Perhaps the people in the lightship will lend a helping hand to an old seaman;’ but not a bit of it. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor They reached the Gull lightship, and heard there that the vessel ashore lay E.N.E. from them. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Very soon the “Middle” lightship was reached, and as the smack swept past old Bill shouted to the light-keepers the joyful news of the rescue. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific The accompanying illustration shows a vessel passing the lightship at the Nore. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships The Prince’s and the Girdler lightships were both firing guns and rockets to tell that shipwreck was taking place near to them. Battles with the Sea The captain was by his side, and quietly replied: "It is the floating lightship of Suez." The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean Then the Gull lightship also fired guns and rockets. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands He could study out the precise spot carefully beforehand—there are lightships on the sands to act as guides. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Thus, the Goodwin Sands, which are upwards of ten miles in length, are marked by three lightships. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships During the greater part of my two weeks’ sojourn in that lightship the weather was reasonably fine, but one evening it came on to blow hard, and became what Jack styles “dirty.” Battles with the Sea With her submarines she sank nearly two score of ships, schooners, barges, tugs, and even a lightship, within a few miles of New York, Boston, Norfolk, Charleston and the Delaware Capes. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The nearest lightship was about four miles from them, and her look-out man noticed the flare and fired the signal guns of distress, and sent up the usual rockets. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Near the Ship Wash lightship three large British seaplanes, followed by an airship, were observed. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The Gull lightship, above referred to, occupies a peculiar and interesting position. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships On a terrible night in the year 1857 a Portuguese brig struck on the Goodwin Sands, not far from the lightship that marks the northern extremity of those fatal shoals. Battles with the Sea But Bathsheba, as I lifted her over the lightship's side, said no more than "Oh, Tom!"—and let me hold her, with her forehead pressed close against me. Wandering Heath On December 13, 1889, the Mandalay was passing the North Sand Head lightship a little after midnight. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands At three o'clock she cleared the lightship and wore around to come in over the bar, steering east by south, half-south, for Point Bonita. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates We had the pleasure of spending a week on board of the Gull lightship not long ago, and one night witnessed a very stirring scene of calling out the lifeboat. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships A shot was fired, and a rocket sent up by the lightship. Battles with the Sea Ah, heart of me, will you grow up too to live in a lightship and leave a poor woman at home to weary for you in her trouble? Wandering Heath The vessel's flare had now burned out, and the guns and rockets from the lightships had ceased, and in front of the lifeboat was only the chill night, 'black as a wolf's throat.' Heroes of the Goodwin Sands The Osprey rounded the lightship two lengths ahead, the Phantom came next, three lengths before the Chrysalis, and the others followed in quick succession. The Queen's Cup I therefore send you an account of what I saw in the Gull lightship, off the Goodwin Sands, on the night of Thursday last, when the Germania, of Bremen, was wrecked on the South-Sand-Head. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships In the midst of their gathering despair they caught sight of the lightship’s bright beam, shining like a star of hope through the surrounding darkness. Battles with the Sea Miles to port the Sand Heads lightship swung to its great hawsers off the Fraser River shoals. Poor Man's Rock These at once caught the notice of the look-out men on the lightships, and drew from those vessels the guns and rockets, the usual signals of distress. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Then, for a time, a lightship tossed and tugged at its cables to warn shipping away from Minot's Ledge. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Having been an inhabitant of the Gull lightship for a week, and cut off from communication with the shore for several days, I have been unable to write sooner. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Then the rescuers saw the signals going up steadily, regularly, from the two lightships. Battles with the Sea The speed at which she cuts the water is now visible enough as she obscures for a second or so the hull of the lightship. Macleod of Dare From time to time they sent up rockets from the Sunk lightship—once every hour, I think—but we had long since ceased to notice those signals. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands But, while the lightship served for a temporary beacon, a new tower was needed that might send the warning pencil of light far out to sea. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Our third gun thundered forth, and shook the lightship from stem to stern; but the rocket struck the rigging, and made a low, wavering flight. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships About midnight the Tongue lightship was reached and hailed. Battles with the Sea In due course of time they reached the Nore lightship, and there they lay and drifted about until the yachts should come up. Macleod of Dare This lies NE. from the Sand Shoal 6 miles from the lightship; S. by E. 4 miles from Halfway Rock. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine The lightship is regarded by the Government as merely a makeshift, though some of them have been in use for more than a quarter of a century. American Merchant Ships and Sailors A few seconds took them out of sight; and thus, as far as the Gull lightship was concerned, the drama ended. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Meanwhile the rescuers made for the Prince’s lightship and were told that a vessel in distress was signalling on the higher part of the Girdler Sands. Battles with the Sea And on this tack will she get clear round the ruddy little lightship, or is there not a danger of her carrying off a bowsprit? Macleod of Dare Marks: Western Light of Cape Elizabeth on eastern part of woods on Cape until the lightship bears NE. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine More wearing even than life in a lighthouse is that aboard the lightships, of which the United States Government now has forty-five in commission. American Merchant Ships and Sailors About a mile and a half from shore was a lightship, and farther out a white steamer showed in perfect outline against the blueness of the morning sky. Kit of Greenacre Farm They had seen the flashing of the rockets and faintly heard the thunder of the alarm-guns fired by the lightships. Battles with the Sea The booming of a gun told them that the last yacht had rounded the lightship. Macleod of Dare Jeffreys Ledge bears S. ½ W. from the lightship off Portland, 19 miles to the northern edge and 22 miles S. from the buoy on the Hue and Cry to the edge of the shoal. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Those lights could not flash through the fog, And how often must rescuer willing lie idle on land like a log For lack of the warning of coast-wires from lighthouse or lightship? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 13, 1892 The lightship only carried an ordinary riding light, like any other vessel, so that it was almost impossible, unless you knew the port very well, to go in closer to the land at night. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Across the invisible expanse of water could be discerned the beam of a lightship. The Lion's Share Gongs.—Gongs are somewhat used on lightships, especially in British waters. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 This ground lies SE. from the lightship 6 to 8 miles and 13½ miles S. from Cushings Island bell buoy. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine The buoy has a special form to meet its requirements as a lightship, and the conditions of its employment is the fast tidal current of the river. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 As I travelled down to Henley I read in one of the newspapers that "practice for the Royal Regatta was now in full swing, and that the river was dotted with lightships of every description." Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 Passed the lightship at about 11 A.M., and discharged the pilot. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Tyndall proposes to call it the Collinson rocket, and suggests that it might be used in lighthouses and lightships as a signal by naval vessels. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Six miles SE. by S. ½ S. from the lightship off Portland. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine "People talk of lightships plunging and tugging at their cables," he returned. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories I remember some years ago passing a very pleasant half hour on board of a lightship moored in the neighbourhood of Broadstairs. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 The patient lightship off the pier was swinging drearily as we throbbed past into the gust-swept open and set our bows for the unseen coast of France. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil The "Shambles" lightship, about three miles from the Beal, warns the mariner off the long and dangerous sandbank known by that ominous name on which so many good ships have perished. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter This ground is E. by S. from the lightship 10 miles. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Well, I've tried lightships, and what I say is, ships are built to plunge and tug at their cables. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories In the first place what is a "lightship?" Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 But where were the tugs and the lighters and the barges, the lightships and the buoys, and all those countless attributes which went to make up the myriad life of the ancient Thames? The Lost Continent Far beyond the lightship a liner was riding the waves with serene contempt, making for the river's mouth and Tilbury Dock. The Black Bag This lies inside the lightship at Boston, extending from this to and well into Nahant Bay. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine They were the lightships marking the middle bank of the Gironde, which is many miles wide at this spot and rendered dangerous by innumerable sand-banks. The Last Hope Frank soon found that the wind was blowing too directly upon the long line of sands to enable him to make the lightship. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War They were the lightships marking the middle bank of the Gironde, which is many miles wide at this spot and rendered dangerous by innumerable sandbanks. The Last Hope But in time the brigantine, to escape Maplin Sands, would be forced to tack and stand out past the lightship, the wind off her port bows. The Black Bag The present piece of ground lies 26 miles S. by W. from the lightship at Portland, which course and distance bring us to the northern edge. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine The coast-line rich in harbours is the busy haunt of steamers, and the narrow waterway between the mainland and the great barrier reef the home of many lightships. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Just as soon as we get over the lightship I will know how to steer, Jack. Air Service Boys over the Atlantic The candles a tall lightship; my two hands Are boats and barges anchored to the sands, With mighty cliffs all round; They're full of wine and riches from far lands.... Fairies and Fusiliers The lightship had vanished, but a bright beam pierced the haze astern. Lister's Great Adventure By having a code of rings, and judging by the intensity of the sound, it is possible to tell almost exactly where a ship is in relation to the coast or to some lightship. The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons Any other skipper under heaven would have hove to off the lightship and sent in word by the pilot boat to send out a tug. Cappy Ricks Retires And, at last, one bright, cloudless morning, a stiff breeze blowing and the green and white waves leaping and tossing in the sunlight, we saw ahead of us a little speck—the South Shoal lightship. Kent Knowles: Quahaug "Posy here'd be a good hand aboard a lightship," he observed. Galusha the Magnificent From here her course was for the Cape May lightship on the New Jersey coast, and for some time she was out of sight of land. Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida Cruising lightships One or two internationally owned and controlled lightships, fitted with every known device for signalling and communication, would rob those regions of most of their terrors. The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons Eastward on the coast, at the far end of Pevensey Bay, the lights of Hastings began to twinkle; out at sea was visible a single gleam, appearing and disappearing, the lightship on the Sovereign Shoals. Thyrza Here, I am not walking out to the Kish lightship, am I? Ulysses The wind blowed so strong it lifted the lightship right out of the water up to the ends of them chains and kept her there. Galusha the Magnificent The cargo is to be transshipped at sea, out of sight of land or lightship. The Vultures The lightship had loomed quite large by this time, and a few minutes after they had burnt the handkerchiefs and umbrella a coloured flame replied to them from the vessel. The Well-Beloved And so we warped into harbour, through the boom and past the lightships, to join the crowd of transports and battle cruisers lying off this muddled city—the city of wonderful colour, Alexandria. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. And far on Kish bank the anchored lightship twinkled, winked at Mr Bloom. Ulysses Everybody but Mr. Bloomer, that is; Zacheus, the philosopher who had studied his profession aboard a lightship, commented on everything. Galusha the Magnificent Every light at sea or on shore, in cottage window or at masthead or in lighthouse or on lightship a twinkling diamond point. The Portygee They looked out upon the sea, and the lightship shining as if it had quite forgotten all about the fugitives. The Well-Beloved Compared with these greyhounds of the wave, we resembled nothing so much as some old lightship bobbing serenely around, as if part and parcel of the mid-Atlantic. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Within hail of us the hull of the Elbe lightship floated all dark and silent under its enormous round, service lantern; a faithful black shadow watching the broad estuary full of lights. Notes on Life and Letters The bow-legged little man, rolling from side to side like the lightship of which he talked so much, walked out of the room. Galusha the Magnificent There was a chilly wind blowing outside, and the lightship on the quicksand afar looked harassed and forlorn. The Well-Beloved Its rays were repeated from the far-distant sea by the lightship lying moored over the mysterious Shambles quicksand, which brought tamelessness and domesticity into due position as balanced opposites. The Well-Beloved Afterwards a noise was heard upon the window-panes, as of fine sand thrown; and, lifting the blind, Pierston saw that the distant lightship winked with a bleared and indistinct eye. The Well-Beloved
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