Cardiff Bay, United Kingdom - The LV14 was last stationed off Rhossili, on the Gower Peninsula, in South Wales from 1984 - 1989. The beam from the light tower could be seen from 25 miles away and warned sailors of the Helwick Swatch, a treacherous sand bank. A lightship has no propulsion of its own because most of its life is at anchor. When it needs to be relocated a lightship is towed by a tender. More than 50 years later LV 14 is still serving the community but in a rather different way to her original purpose. With help from Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, LV14 was purchased in 1993 and restoration begun to create a floating Christian Centre - read more...
