Lightship Archive

‘Bygone Kent’ Magazine

  • The last of the Lightshipmen - Vol 12 (10) October 1991 - Read more
  • Disaster at the South Goodwin, The Loss of LV 90 - Vol 13 (1) January 1992 - Read more
  • Brake Lightship – A Story of Two Collisions - Vol 14 (6) June 1993
  • The Light Betwixt the Forelands; North Goodwin lightship - Part 1, Vol 19 (4) April 1998
  • The Light Betwixt the Forelands; North Goodwin lightship - Part 2, Vol 19 (5) May 1998
  • Varne Light Vessel; A Channel Sentinel - Part 1, Vol 24 (3) March 2003
  • Varne Light Vessel; A Channel Sentinel - Part 2, Vol 24 (4) April 2003
  • Destined for Disaster, The Admiralty Pier Works Lightship at Dover - Vol 24 (6) June 2003

‘Leading Lights’ Journal

  • Wooden Lightvessels; An Account of Their Construction And Layout - Vol 1 (2) 1995 - Read more

‘Portside,’ Magazine of Cabot Cruising Club, Bristol

  • The State of Preservation of British Wooden Lightships - Autumn 2016
  • Some Features of the later wooden lightships - Winter 2016
  • A Pot of Shackles; A Meal for Lightsmen that Catered for Every Taste - Winter 2016
  • Lightship Memories; Life on a Victorian Light Vessel - Summer 2017
  • The East Dudgeon and the Film ‘Men of the Lightship’ - Winter 2017 - Read more

‘Sea Breezes’ Magazine

  • Lightvessel 68, A traditional lightship in War and Peace - May 2022 - Read more
  • In Harm’s Way; Lightships Facing Collision - September 2023 - Read more
  • A Seaman’s Life at Anchor – Part 1 - Vol 69 (593) Part 1 May 1995 - Read more
  • A Seaman’s Life at Anchor – Part 2 - Vol 69 (594) Part 2 June 1995 - Read more

‘Shipping Today and Yesterday’ Magazine

  • The Dramatic History of the Seven Stones Lightship - Issue 385 February 2023 - Read more
  • The Story of Light Vessel 81 - Issue 407 February 2024 - Read more

Lightship articles by other authors

  • Aboard A Lightship - Wide World Magazine for Men pp 338-340 September 1948 - Read more

Online Lightship Histories

  • LV 95 Biography of a Lightvessel - April 2024 - Read more