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Varne (1860-present)**
Location:
English Channel, England
LV64 on the Varne Station. LV64 was typical of the kind of ships on station in the 1930s. It was lit by oil, the diesel engines being reserved for raising the anchor and providing compressed air for the fog siren. (Trinity House)
LV67 on the Varne station (Trinity House)
LV21 on the Varne station with damage sustained following collision. (Fotoflite/ Martin Augustus)
A damaged LV21 on the Varne Station with THV Mermaid (foreground) and THV Siren (Fotoflite/ Martin Augustus)
LV95 dragging its anchor close to the Varne Bank