APPENDIX.
A LIST OF LIGHTS ON THE BRITISH AND IRISH COASTS.[63]
[Lightships are indicated by the mark ([++]), pile lighthouses by (§).]
ENGLAND.
SOUTH COAST.
- 1. Bishop Rock, Scilly Isles, lat. 49° 52´; a fixed light, visible 16 miles; 147 feet high;[64] erected 1858.
- 2. St. Agnes, Scilly Isles, lat. 49° 53´; revolving light every minute, visible 16 miles; 74 feet high; erected 1680.
- 3. [++]Scour Stones, lightship, lat. 50° 3´; two fixed lights, visible 10 and 6 miles; fixed 1841.
- 4. Longships, off Land’s End, lat. 50° 3´ 48´´; one fixed light, visible 14 miles; 51 feet high; erected 1795.
- 5. Penzance, South Pier, lat. 50° 7´; one fixed light, visible 10 miles; 22 feet high; erected 1817.
- 6. Wolf Crag, lat. 49° 56´; one light, revolving 30 seconds; 100 feet high; erected 1870.
- 7. Lizard, lat. 49° 57´; fixed light, visible 21 miles; 61 feet high; erected 1751.
- 8. Falmouth, St. Anthony Point, lat. 50° 8´; a revolving light every 20 seconds, and fixed light, visible 13 miles; 62 feet high; erected 1835.
- 9. Falmouth, Prince of Wales’ Breakwater; fixed light; erected 1860.
- 10. Eddystone, lat. 50° 10´ 49´´; one fixed light, visible 13 miles; 89 feet high; erected 1703.
- 11. Plymouth, west end of Breakwater; lat. 50° 20´; two fixed lights (one red), visible 9 miles; 76 feet high; erected 1844.
- 12. Plymouth, Mill Bay, one fixed light, visible 12 miles.
- 13. Plymouth, West Barbican Pier-head, lat. 50° 22´; one fixed light (gas), visible 6 miles; 20 feet high; erected 1822.
- 14. Start Point, lat. 50° 13´; two lights, revolving every minute, visible 20 miles; 92 feet high; erected 1836.
- 15. Dartmouth, Kingswear, lat. 50° 20´; one fixed light, visible 11 miles; 36 feet high; erected 1864.
- 16. Dartmouth; a flagstaff, carrying one fixed light.
- 17. Dartmouth, south part of town; one white light.
- 18. Brixham, pier-head; lat. 50° 24´; one fixed light, visible 6 miles; erected 1839.
- 19. Torquay, pier-head; lat. 50° 27´; one fixed light, visible 5 miles; erected 1852.
- 20. Teignmouth, south-west end of Dam; lat. 50° 32´; two fixed lights, visible 6 miles; 37 feet high; erected 1845.
- 21. Lyme Regis, pier-head and Custom House, lat. 50° 43´; a bright and a red fixed light, each visible 4 miles; erected 1853.
- 22. Portland, near the Bill, lat. 50° 31´; two fixed lights, visible 21 and 18 miles; 50 and 85 feet high; erected 1789 and 1867.
- 23. Portland, breakwater, fixed light, visible 9 miles; erected 1851.
- 24. [++]Portland, Shambles Shoal Lightship; one fixed light, visible 10 miles; fixed 1859.
- 25. Weymouth, North Pier; two fixed green and two fixed red lights; erected 1867.
- 26. Casquets, lat. 49° 43´ 17´´; three lights, revolving every 20 seconds, and visible for 15 miles; one light 45 feet and the others 68 feet high; erected 1723.
- 27. Alderney Island, lat. 49° 43´; two fixed red lights (gas), visible 5 to 9 miles; 55 and 25 feet high; erected 1859.
- 28. Guernsey, St. Peter Port Old Harbour; one fixed light (gas), visible 3 miles; 24 feet high; erected 1832.
- 29. Guernsey, St. Peter Port New Harbour, lat. 49° 27´; one fixed light (gas), visible 9 miles; 40 feet high; erected 1867.
- 30. Guernsey, Rock of Stanois, lat. 49° 26´; one red light, revolving every 45 seconds; 117 feet high; erected 1862.
- 31. Jersey, Vernclût Breakwater, lat. 49° 13´; one fixed light, visible 10 to 12 miles; 30 feet high; erected 1857.
- 32. Jersey, Gouray Pier-head, one fixed light, gas.
- 33. Jersey, Victoria Pier, St. Helier, lat. 49° 10´; one fixed light, visible 6 miles; erected 1858.
- 34. Jersey, Albert Pier, St. Helier; one fixed light (gas), visible 3 miles; erected 1839.
- 35. Jersey, Albert Pier, St. Helier; two fixed lights, gas; erected 1837.
- 36. Jersey, Upper Pier Road, St. Helier, one fixed red light (gas), visible 3 miles; erected 1859.
- 37. Corbière Rocks, lat. 49° 10´ 40´´. New lighthouse building.
- 38. [++]Minquiers Lightship, lat. 48° 53´ 38´´; two fixed lights, visible 8 or 10 miles; fixed 1865.
- 39. Poole, north side of harbour, lat. 50° 41´; two fixed lights, visible 6 miles; erected 1848.
- 40. Poole, North Haven Point; one fixed light.
- 41. Isle of Wight, Needle Rock, lat. 50° 39´ 42´´; one fixed light, visible 14 miles; 109 feet high; erected 1859.
- 42. Hampshire, Hurst Point, lat. 50° 42´ 26´´; two fixed lights, visible 13 and 10 miles; one, 85 feet high, erected 1812; the other, 52 feet high, erected 1733.
- 43. Isle of Wight, Yarmouth; two fixed lights, green and white, erected 1857.
- 44. [++]Isle of Wight, Calshot Lightship; one light, revolving every minute, visible 9 miles; fixed 1842.
- 45. Hampshire, Southampton, Royal Pier; two fixed lights; erected 1841.
- 46. Isle of Wight, Ryde Pier; one fixed light, visible 6 or 7 miles; erected 1852.
- 47. Hampshire, Stokes Bay Pier; two fixed lights; erected 1865.
- 48. Hampshire, Southsea Castle, lat. 50° 47´; one fixed light, visible 9 miles; erected 1822.
- 49. Hampshire, Spit Sand Fort; one fixed light; erected 1866.
- 50. Hampshire, Horse Sand Fort; one fixed light; erected 1866 (temporary).
- 51. Hampshire, Noman’s Land Fort; one fixed red light; erected 1866.
- 52. Isle of Wight, Brading Haven Fort; one fixed green light; erected 1866.
- 53. Portsmouth, Clarence Pier; three lights, gas; erected 1865.
- 54. Portsmouth, Victoria Pier; two lights, gas; erected 1865.
- 55. Portsmouth, Camber; one fixed light.
- 56. Portsmouth, King’s Stairs; one fixed red light; erected 1865.
- 57. Portsmouth, Clarence Victualling Yard, pier; one red light, gas; erected 1865.
- 58. Gosport, one fixed red light; erected 1865.
- 59. [++]Warner Lightship, lat. 50° 43´; revolving every minute, visible 8 miles; fixed 1854.
- 60. Temporary, to indicate a wreck, 1½ miles S.E. of the Warner.
- 61. [++]Nab Lightship, lat. 50° 42´ 15´´; two fixed lights, visible 8 and 6 miles; fixed 1812.
- 62. Isle of Wight, St. Catherine’s Point, lat. 50° 34´ 30´´; one fixed light, visible 19 miles; 122 feet high; erected 1840.
- 63. [++]Owers Lightship, lat. 50° 38´ 50´´; one fixed light, visible 10 miles; fixed 1788.
- 64. Littlehampton, north end of pier, lat. 50° 48´; one fixed light (gas), visible 7 miles; 40 feet high; erected 1848.
- 65. Littlehampton, Outer East Pier; one fixed light; erected 1868.
- 66. Worthing Pier, lat. 50° 48´ 30´´; one fixed light; erected 1862.
- 67. Shoreham Harbour, lat. 50° 50´; two fixed lights, visible 10 miles; 38 and 5 feet high; erected 1825.
- 68. Brighton, Chain Pier, lat. 50° 49´; one fixed green light, visible 10 miles; 22 feet high; erected 1824.
- 69. Newhaven, West Pier, lat. 50° 47´; two fixed lights, visible 10 miles; 33 feet high; erected 1864.
- 70. Newhaven, East Pier, one fixed green light; erected 1862.
- 71. Beachy Head, Belle Tout Cliff, lat. 50° 44´ 15´´; revolving light every 2 minutes, visible 23 miles; 47 feet high; erected 1828.
- 72. Eastbourne, lat. 50° 45´; a single lamp.
- 73. Hastings, lat. 50° 52´; upper light on west hill, visible 12 miles; lower, on beach, visible 5 miles; both gas.
- 74. Rye, Camber, lat. 50° 57´; two fixed lights, gas.
- 75. Rye, the pier-head; two fixed lights; erected 1860.
- 76. Rye, the Groin; one fixed light, gas; erected 1864.
- 77. Dungeness Point, lat. 50° 54´ 57´´; one fixed light (electric), visible 15 miles; 107 feet high; erected 1792.
- 78. [++]Varne Shoal Lightship, lat. 50° 56´; revolving light every 20 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1860.
- 79. Folkestone, South Pier-head, lat. 51° 4´; two fixed lights, visible 6 miles; 31 feet high; erected 1848.
- 80. Folkestone, New Pier; one fixed green light, visible 6 miles; 28 feet high; erected 1860.
- 81. Dover, Admiralty Pier; one fixed blue light; erected 1849.
- 82. Dover, South Pier, lat. 51° 7´; three fixed red lights (gas), visible 12 miles; erected 1852.
- 83. Dover, North Pier; one fixed red light; erected 1842.
- 84. Dover, near Clock Tower; one fixed green light; erected 1852.
- 85. South Foreland, lat. 51° 8´ 23´´; two fixed lights, visible 26 and 23 miles; one light, 69 feet high, the other, 49 feet; erected 1793.
- 86. Deal, Iron Pier, one fixed red light; erected 1865.
- 87. [++]Goodwin Sand, South Sand Head Lightship, lat. 51° 9´ 35´´; one fixed light, visible 10 miles; fixed 1832.
- 88. [++]Goodwin Sand, Gall Stream Lightship, lat. 51° 16´; revolving light every 20 seconds, visible 7 miles; fixed 1809.
- 89. [++]Goodwin Sand, North Sand Head Lightship, lat. 51° 19´ 23´´; three fixed lights, visible 10 miles; fixed 1793.
SOUTH-EAST COAST.
- 90. Ramsgate, West Pier-head, lat. 51° 19´ 42´´; one fixed light, visible 7 miles; 37 feet high.
- 91. Ramsgate, East Pier-head; one light, flashing every 5 seconds, and dark 5 seconds; erected 1867.
Thames River and Mouth; Kent and Essex Banks—Nos. 92 to 115.